#E7C557#E7C557

#E7C557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C557
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -0.29, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 58.18, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0048 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.133 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6441, 57.6125, 17.2571)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C557 #5779E7

analogous

#E77D57 #E7C557 #C1E757

triadic

#E7C557 #57E7C5 #C557E7

tetradic

#E7C557 #57E77D #5779E7 #E757C1

square

#E7C557 #57E77D #5779E7 #E757C1

split-complementary

#E7C557 #57C1E7 #7D57E7

monochromatic

#AB8918 #DFB321 #E7C557 #EFD78D #F6EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E7C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C557

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C557	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d68a',
    500: '#e7c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c557;
$custom-light: #f2d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83209,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C557

secondary

#3652AC

accent

#3ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C557

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

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