#E7E899#E7E899

#E7E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.100 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E899
RGB	rgb(231, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -12.06, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 40.23, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0323 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.1 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.5620, 77.0032, 41.4348)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E899 #9A99E8

analogous

#E8C199 #E7E899 #C0E899

triadic

#E7E899 #99E7E8 #E899E7

tetradic

#E7E899 #99E8C1 #9A99E8 #E899C0

square

#E7E899 #99E8C1 #9A99E8 #E899C0

split-complementary

#E7E899 #99C0E8 #C199E8

monochromatic

#D0D135 #DBDD67 #E7E899 #F3F3CB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E7E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#E7E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E899

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E899	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.100 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefb8',
    500: '#e7e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e899;
$custom-light: #efefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91234,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E899

secondary

#6463C3

accent

#1BCB1D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E899

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

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