#E7C854#E7C854
#E7C854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C854 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.26, -2.03, 60.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.26, 60.34, 91.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.78% -0.0101 0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.78% 0.138 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2121, 58.9404, 16.8543) |
| Luminance | 0.5894 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.54
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.27
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.67
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.86
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.13
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C854 #5473E7
analogous
#E77F54 #E7C854 #BDE754
triadic
#E7C854 #54E7C8 #C854E7
tetradic
#E7C854 #54E77F #5473E7 #E754BD
square
#E7C854 #54E77F #5473E7 #E754BD
split-complementary
#E7C854 #54BDE7 #7F54E7
monochromatic
#A98A18 #DFB61F #E7C854 #EFD98A #F6EBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#E7C854 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.79
#E7C854 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C854
12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C854 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C854 | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.79 | 12.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC447
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c854; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d889',
500: '#e7c854',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c854; $custom-light: #f2d889; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c854",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.347,
"s": 75.385,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83781,
"c": 0.13779,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.58938
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C854
secondary
#354EAA
accent
#38D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F