#E7E851#E7E851

#E7E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E851
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -18.24, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 72.56, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0566 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2989, 75.2980, 18.9826)
Luminance	0.7530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E851 #5251E8

analogous

#E89E51 #E7E851 #9CE851

triadic

#E7E851 #51E7E8 #E851E7

tetradic

#E7E851 #51E89E #5251E8 #E8519C

square

#E7E851 #51E89E #5251E8 #E8519C

split-complementary

#E7E851 #519CE8 #9E51E8

monochromatic

#A7A816 #DDDE1D #E7E851 #EEEF87 #F6F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E7E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#E7E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E851

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E851	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8a',
    500: '#e7e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e851;
$custom-light: #f2ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90348,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E851

secondary

#3433AA

accent

#0DD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E851

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

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