#E7C756#E7C756

#E7C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C756
RGB	rgb(231, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -1.39, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 59.19, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0081 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0607, 58.5105, 17.1958)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C756 #5676E7

analogous

#E77F56 #E7C756 #BEE756

triadic

#E7C756 #56E7C7 #C756E7

tetradic

#E7C756 #56E77F #5676E7 #E756BE

square

#E7C756 #56E77F #5676E7 #E756BE

split-complementary

#E7C756 #56BEE7 #7F56E7

monochromatic

#AA8A18 #DFB520 #E7C756 #EFD98C #F6EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E7C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E7C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C756

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C756	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)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d78a',
    500: '#e7c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c756;
$custom-light: #f2d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.836,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C756

secondary

#3550AC

accent

#3BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C756

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

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