#E7C655#E7C655

#E7C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C655
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -0.93, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 59.33, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0069 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7914, 58.0359, 16.9086)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C655 #5576E7

analogous

#E77D55 #E7C655 #BFE755

triadic

#E7C655 #55E7C6 #C655E7

tetradic

#E7C655 #55E77D #5576E7 #E755BF

square

#E7C655 #55E77D #5576E7 #E755BF

split-complementary

#E7C655 #55BFE7 #7D55E7

monochromatic

#AA8918 #DFB420 #E7C655 #EFD88B #F6EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E7C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E7C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C655

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C655	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d789',
    500: '#e7c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c655;
$custom-light: #f2d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C655

secondary

#3550AB

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C655

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

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