#E7E979#E7E979

#E7E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.135 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E7E979
RGBrgb(231, 233, 121)
HSLhsl(61, 72%, 69%)
HSVhsv(61, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.16, -15.84, 53.73)
CIE-LCHlch(90.16, 56.01, 106.42°)
OKLaboklab(90.97% -0.0457 0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(90.97% 0.135 109.7)
XYZxyz(65.5465, 76.6487, 29.4273)
Luminance0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E7E979 #7B79E9
analogous
#E9B379 #E7E979 #AFE979
triadic
#E7E979 #79E7E9 #E979E7
tetradic
#E7E979 #79E9B3 #7B79E9 #E979AF
square
#E7E979 #79E9B3 #7B79E9 #E979AF
split-complementary
#E7E979 #79AFE9 #B379E9
monochromatic
#C4C721 #DEE044 #E7E979 #F0F2AE #FAFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29
#E7E979 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33
#E7E979 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E979
16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E7E979#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E7E9791.001.2916.3316.33
#FFFFFF1.291.0021.0021.00
#00000016.3321.001.001.00
##00000016.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8E16F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E57F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4DDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e7e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.135 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efa2',
    500: '#e7e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e7e979;
$custom-light: #f1efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e7e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90966,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E7E979
secondary
#4745C1
accent
#12D415
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF6
border
#D6D6D0
text
#17160F
muted
#858580

Preview Lab

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#E7E979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva