#E7C656#E7C656

#E7C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C656
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -0.87, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 58.90, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0066 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8314, 58.0519, 17.1193)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C656 #5677E7

analogous

#E77E56 #E7C656 #C0E756

triadic

#E7C656 #56E7C6 #C656E7

tetradic

#E7C656 #56E77E #5677E7 #E756C0

square

#E7C656 #56E77E #5677E7 #E756C0

split-complementary

#E7C656 #56C0E7 #7E56E7

monochromatic

#AA8918 #DFB420 #E7C656 #EFD88C #F6EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E7C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E7C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C656

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C656	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)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d78a',
    500: '#e7c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c656;
$custom-light: #f2d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83399,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C656

secondary

#3550AC

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C656

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

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