#E7E978#E7E978

#E7E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.136 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E978
RGB	rgb(231, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -15.93, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 56.47, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.046 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.136 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.4855, 76.6243, 29.1060)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E978 #7A78E9

analogous

#E9B378 #E7E978 #AFE978

triadic

#E7E978 #78E7E9 #E978E7

tetradic

#E7E978 #78E9B3 #7A78E9 #E978AF

square

#E7E978 #78E9B3 #7A78E9 #E978AF

split-complementary

#E7E978 #78AFE9 #B378E9

monochromatic

#C3C620 #DEE043 #E7E978 #F0F2AD #FAFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E7E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E7E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E978

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E978	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.136 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efa1',
    500: '#e7e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e978;
$custom-light: #f1efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90953,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E978

secondary

#4644C1

accent

#11D415

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E978

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →