#E7E861#E7E861

#E7E861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.156 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E861
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -17.24, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 66.17, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0521 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9711, 75.5669, 22.5230)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E861 #6261E8

analogous

#E8A561 #E7E861 #A4E861

triadic

#E7E861 #61E7E8 #E861E7

tetradic

#E7E861 #61E8A5 #6261E8 #E861A4

square

#E7E861 #61E8A5 #6261E8 #E861A4

split-complementary

#E7E861 #61A4E8 #A561E8

monochromatic

#B3B41A #DFE02C #E7E861 #EFF096 #F7F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E7E861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E7E861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E861

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E861	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef93',
    500: '#e7e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e861;
$custom-light: #f1ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90489,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E861

secondary

#3A39B5

accent

#0FD710

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E861

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

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