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Fizzy Honeysuckle

#e7e575
Notes

Fizzy Honeysuckle (#E7E575) is a true yellow with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (59°, 70%, 68%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary blue. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#e7e575
RGB
rgb(231, 229, 117)
HSL
hsl(59, 70%, 68%)
HWB
hwb(59 46% 9%)
OKLCH
oklch(90.1% 0.135 107.9)
P3
color(display-p3 0.9045 0.8983 0.5193)
HSV
hsv(59, 49%, 91%)
LAB
lab(89.07% -14.22 54.29)
LCH
lch(89.07% 56.12 104.68)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 1%, 49%, 9%)

Etymology

Fizzy
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of carbonation. As a color modifier, fizzy implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-bubbly quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to bubbly and sparkling in usage.

Honeysuckle
noun

The genus Lonicera — particularly L. sempervirens, the North American coral honeysuckle whose orange-red trumpet flowers attract hummingbirds. The color refers to a fresh L. sempervirens bloom: a saturated, slightly red orange with the satin finish of tubular flower. Cooler than trumpetvine, brighter than coral.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#e7e575
Original
#f5dd6b
Protanopia
#f7e27b
Deuteranopia
#f5d9cb
Tritanopia
#dddddd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.32:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
15.86:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##E7E575
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.9045 0.8983 0.5193)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.135

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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