#E7C859#E7C859

#E7C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.134 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C859
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -1.71, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 58.18, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0086 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.134 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4149, 59.0216, 17.9227)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C859 #5978E7

analogous

#E78159 #E7C859 #BFE759

triadic

#E7C859 #59E7C8 #C859E7

tetradic

#E7C859 #59E781 #5978E7 #E759BF

square

#E7C859 #59E781 #5978E7 #E759BF

split-complementary

#E7C859 #59BFE7 #8159E7

monochromatic

#AD8C19 #DFB624 #E7C859 #EFDA8E #F6EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E7C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C859

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C859	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.134 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d88c',
    500: '#e7c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c859;
$custom-light: #f2d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83831,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C859

secondary

#3650AE

accent

#3AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C859

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

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