#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
RGB	rgb(231, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -15.84, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 56.01, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0457 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.135 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5465, 76.6487, 29.4273)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E7E979	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E7E979

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

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