#E7C657#E7C657

#E7C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C657
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -0.81, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 58.47, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0063 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.134 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8719, 58.0681, 17.3330)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C657 #5778E7

analogous

#E77E57 #E7C657 #C0E757

triadic

#E7C657 #57E7C6 #C657E7

tetradic

#E7C657 #57E77E #5778E7 #E757C0

square

#E7C657 #57E77E #5778E7 #E757C0

split-complementary

#E7C657 #57C0E7 #7E57E7

monochromatic

#AB8A18 #DFB421 #E7C657 #EFD88D #F6EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E7C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C657

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C657	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d78b',
    500: '#e7c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c657;
$custom-light: #f2d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C657

secondary

#3651AC

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C657

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

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