#E7E857#E7E857

#E7E857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E857
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -17.89, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 70.24, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.055 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5339, 75.3920, 20.2203)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E857 #5857E8

analogous

#E8A157 #E7E857 #9EE857

triadic

#E7E857 #57E7E8 #E857E7

tetradic

#E7E857 #57E8A1 #5857E8 #E8579E

square

#E7E857 #57E8A1 #5857E8 #E8579E

split-complementary

#E7E857 #579EE8 #A157E8

monochromatic

#ACAD18 #DFE121 #E7E857 #EFEF8D #F6F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E7E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E7E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E857

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E857	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8d',
    500: '#e7e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e857;
$custom-light: #f2ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90397,
    "c": 0.16351,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E857

secondary

#3635AE

accent

#0DD80F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E857

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

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