#E7C855#E7C855

#E7C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C855
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -1.97, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 59.91, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0098 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2515, 58.9562, 17.0620)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C855 #5574E7

analogous

#E77F55 #E7C855 #BDE755

triadic

#E7C855 #55E7C8 #C855E7

tetradic

#E7C855 #55E77F #5574E7 #E755BD

square

#E7C855 #55E77F #5574E7 #E755BD

split-complementary

#E7C855 #55BDE7 #7F55E7

monochromatic

#AA8B18 #DFB720 #E7C855 #EFD98B #F6EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E7C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C855

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C855	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d889',
    500: '#e7c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c855;
$custom-light: #f2d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83791,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C855

secondary

#354EAB

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C855

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

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