#E7E955#E7E955

#E7E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E955
RGB	rgb(231, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -18.50, 68.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 71.41, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0569 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.7356, 75.9243, 19.8900)
Luminance	0.7592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E955 #5755E9

analogous

#E9A155 #E7E955 #9DE955

triadic

#E7E955 #55E7E9 #E955E7

tetradic

#E7E955 #55E9A1 #5755E9 #E9559D

square

#E7E955 #55E9A1 #5755E9 #E9559D

split-complementary

#E7E955 #559DE9 #A155E9

monochromatic

#ABAD16 #DFE21F #E7E955 #EFF08B #F6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E7E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E7E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E955

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E955	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8c',
    500: '#e7e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e955;
$custom-light: #f2ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9059,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E955

secondary

#3634AE

accent

#0CD90F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E955

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

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