#E7E849#E7E849

#E7E849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.173 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E849
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -18.66, 73.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 75.48, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0585 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.173 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0164, 75.1850, 17.4947)
Luminance	0.7518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E849 #4A49E8

analogous

#E89949 #E7E849 #98E849

triadic

#E7E849 #49E7E8 #E849E7

tetradic

#E7E849 #49E899 #4A49E8 #E84998

square

#E7E849 #49E899 #4A49E8 #E84998

split-complementary

#E7E849 #4998E8 #9949E8

monochromatic

#A1A214 #D7D81B #E7E849 #EEEF7F #F5F6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E7E849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E7E849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E849

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E849	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.173 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef85',
    500: '#e7e849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e849;
$custom-light: #f2ef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90289,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E849

secondary

#3131A4

accent

#34F435

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E849

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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