#E7E956#E7E956

#E7E956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.165 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E956
RGB	rgb(231, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -18.44, 68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 71.02, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0566 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.7756, 75.9403, 20.1007)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E956 #5856E9

analogous

#E9A156 #E7E956 #9EE956

triadic

#E7E956 #56E7E9 #E956E7

tetradic

#E7E956 #56E9A1 #5856E9 #E9569E

square

#E7E956 #56E9A1 #5856E9 #E9569E

split-complementary

#E7E956 #569EE9 #A156E9

monochromatic

#ACAE17 #DFE220 #E7E956 #EFF08C #F6F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E7E956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E7E956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E956

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E956	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.165 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8c',
    500: '#e7e956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e956;
$custom-light: #f2ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.816,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90599,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E956

secondary

#3634AF

accent

#0CD90F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E956

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

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