#E7C653#E7C653
#E7C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C653 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 198, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.74, -1.06, 60.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.74, 60.19, 91.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.37% -0.0075 0.137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.37% 0.137 93.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7130, 58.0045, 16.4961) |
| Luminance | 0.5800 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.73
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.59
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.79
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.01
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.28
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C653 #5374E7
analogous
#E77C53 #E7C653 #BEE753
triadic
#E7C653 #53E7C6 #C653E7
tetradic
#E7C653 #53E77C #5374E7 #E753BE
square
#E7C653 #53E77C #5374E7 #E753BE
split-complementary
#E7C653 #53BEE7 #7C53E7
monochromatic
#A88817 #DEB31F #E7C653 #EED889 #F6EABE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E7C653 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.60
#E7C653 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C653
12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C653 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C653 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.60 | 12.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B7AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c653; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.137 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d788',
500: '#e7c653',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c653; $custom-light: #f2d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c653",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 198,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.622,
"s": 75.51,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8337,
"c": 0.1372,
"h": 93.1
},
"luminance": 0.58002
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C653
secondary
#344FAA
accent
#3BD80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F