#E7E862#E7E862

#E7E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.155 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E862
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -17.17, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 65.75, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0518 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.155 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0180, 75.5857, 22.7701)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E862 #6362E8

analogous

#E8A662 #E7E862 #A4E862

triadic

#E7E862 #62E7E8 #E862E7

tetradic

#E7E862 #62E8A6 #6362E8 #E862A4

square

#E7E862 #62E8A6 #6362E8 #E862A4

split-complementary

#E7E862 #62A4E8 #A662E8

monochromatic

#B4B51B #DFE02D #E7E862 #EFF097 #F7F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E7E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E7E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E862

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E862	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.155 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef93',
    500: '#e7e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e862;
$custom-light: #f1ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90498,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E862

secondary

#3A39B5

accent

#0FD710

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E862

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

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