#E7C55D#E7C55D
#E7C55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.129 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C55D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 197, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.58, 0.11, 55.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.58, 55.54, 89.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.27% -0.0029 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.27% 0.129 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8995, 57.7146, 18.6021) |
| Luminance | 0.5771 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.54
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.90
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.07
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.44
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.58
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C55D #5D7FE7
analogous
#E7805D #E7C55D #C4E75D
triadic
#E7C55D #5DE7C5 #C55DE7
tetradic
#E7C55D #5DE780 #5D7FE7 #E75DC4
square
#E7C55D #5DE780 #5D7FE7 #E75DC4
split-complementary
#E7C55D #5DC4E7 #805DE7
monochromatic
#B08B1A #DFB228 #E7C55D #EFD892 #F7EBC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E7C55D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.54
#E7C55D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C55D
12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C55D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C55D | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.54 | 12.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C252
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B7AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c55d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.129 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d68e',
500: '#e7c55d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c55d; $custom-light: #f2d68e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c55d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 197,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.217,
"s": 74.194,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83272,
"c": 0.1285,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.57712
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C55D
secondary
#3856B0
accent
#40D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F