#E7C658#E7C658
#E7C658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C658 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 198, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.79, -0.74, 58.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.79, 58.03, 90.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.42% -0.006 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.42% 0.133 92.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.9131, 58.0846, 17.5497) |
| Luminance | 0.5808 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.65
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.29
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.26
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.46
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C658 #5879E7
analogous
#E77F58 #E7C658 #C0E758
triadic
#E7C658 #58E7C6 #C658E7
tetradic
#E7C658 #58E77F #5879E7 #E758C0
square
#E7C658 #58E77F #5879E7 #E758C0
split-complementary
#E7C658 #58C0E7 #7F58E7
monochromatic
#AC8A19 #DFB422 #E7C658 #EFD88E #F6EBC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E7C658 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.62
#E7C658 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C658
12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C658 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C658 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.62 | 12.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C34C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c658; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 92.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d78b',
500: '#e7c658',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c658; $custom-light: #f2d78b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c658",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 198,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.154,
"s": 74.869,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83419,
"c": 0.13328,
"h": 92.6
},
"luminance": 0.58082
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C658
secondary
#3652AD
accent
#3DD70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F