#E7C350#E7C350
#E7C350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C350 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 195, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.95, 0.31, 60.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.95, 60.62, 89.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.74% -0.0039 0.1375) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.74% 0.138 91.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9208, 56.6013, 15.6729) |
| Luminance | 0.5660 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.26
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.25
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.28
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.27
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.27
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C350 #5074E7
analogous
#E77750 #E7C350 #C0E750
triadic
#E7C350 #50E7C3 #C350E7
tetradic
#E7C350 #50E777 #5074E7 #E750C0
square
#E7C350 #50E777 #5074E7 #E750C0
split-complementary
#E7C350 #50C0E7 #7750E7
monochromatic
#A68417 #DCAE1E #E7C350 #EED586 #F6E8BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.70
#E7C350 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.32
#E7C350 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C350
12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C350 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C350 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 12.32 | 12.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C042
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B4AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c350; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 195, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 91.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d486',
500: '#e7c350',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c350; $custom-light: #f2d486; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c350",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 195,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.695,
"s": 75.879,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82741,
"c": 0.13755,
"h": 91.6
},
"luminance": 0.56598
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C350
secondary
#334FA8
accent
#3ED80D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E