#E7C856#E7C856

#E7C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C856
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -1.90, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 59.48, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0095 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.136 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.2915, 58.9722, 17.2727)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C856 #5675E7

analogous

#E77F56 #E7C856 #BEE756

triadic

#E7C856 #56E7C8 #C856E7

tetradic

#E7C856 #56E77F #5675E7 #E756BE

square

#E7C856 #56E77F #5675E7 #E756BE

split-complementary

#E7C856 #56BEE7 #7F56E7

monochromatic

#AA8B18 #DFB720 #E7C856 #EFD98C #F6EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E7C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C856

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C856	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d88a',
    500: '#e7c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c856;
$custom-light: #f2d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83801,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.58969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C856

secondary

#354FAC

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C856

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

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