#E7C458#E7C458
#E7C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.132 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C458 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 196, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.28, 0.29, 57.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.28, 57.47, 89.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.02% -0.003 0.132) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.02% 0.132 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.4590, 57.1763, 17.3983) |
| Luminance | 0.5717 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.40
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.13
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.46
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.93
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.00
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C458 #587BE7
analogous
#E77D58 #E7C458 #C2E758
triadic
#E7C458 #58E7C4 #C458E7
tetradic
#E7C458 #58E77D #587BE7 #E758C2
square
#E7C458 #58E77D #587BE7 #E758C2
split-complementary
#E7C458 #58C2E7 #7D58E7
monochromatic
#AC8819 #DFB122 #E7C458 #EFD78E #F6EAC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#E7C458 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.43
#E7C458 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C458
12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C458 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C458 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.43 | 12.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C14C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B6AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c458; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.132 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d58b',
500: '#e7c458',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c458; $custom-light: #f2d58b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c458",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 196,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.315,
"s": 74.869,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83019,
"c": 0.13198,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.57173
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C458
secondary
#3653AD
accent
#40D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F