#E7C755#E7C755

#E7C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C755
RGB	rgb(231, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -1.45, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 59.62, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0084 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.136 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0207, 58.4945, 16.9851)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C755 #5575E7

analogous

#E77E55 #E7C755 #BEE755

triadic

#E7C755 #55E7C7 #C755E7

tetradic

#E7C755 #55E77E #5575E7 #E755BE

square

#E7C755 #55E77E #5575E7 #E755BE

split-complementary

#E7C755 #55BEE7 #7E55E7

monochromatic

#AA8A18 #DFB520 #E7C755 #EFD98B #F6EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E7C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E7C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C755

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C755	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d789',
    500: '#e7c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c755;
$custom-light: #f2d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8359,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C755

secondary

#354FAB

accent

#3AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C755

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

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