#E7E855#E7E855

#E7E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.165 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E855
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -18.01, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 71.02, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0555 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.165 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4533, 75.3598, 19.7959)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E855 #5655E8

analogous

#E89F55 #E7E855 #9EE855

triadic

#E7E855 #55E7E8 #E855E7

tetradic

#E7E855 #55E89F #5655E8 #E8559E

square

#E7E855 #55E89F #5655E8 #E8559E

split-complementary

#E7E855 #559EE8 #9F55E8

monochromatic

#AAAB17 #DFE11F #E7E855 #EFEF8B #F6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E7E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E7E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E855

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E855	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.165 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8c',
    500: '#e7e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e855;
$custom-light: #f2ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9038,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E855

secondary

#3535AD

accent

#0DD80F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E855

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

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