#E7C85B#E7C85B
#E7C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.132 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C85B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.32, -1.58, 57.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.32, 57.30, 91.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.85% -0.008 0.132) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.85% 0.132 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.5001, 59.0556, 18.3710) |
| Luminance | 0.5905 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.87
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.34
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.90
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.86
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.11
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C85B #5B7AE7
analogous
#E7825B #E7C85B #C0E75B
triadic
#E7C85B #5BE7C8 #C85BE7
tetradic
#E7C85B #5BE782 #5B7AE7 #E75BC0
square
#E7C85B #5BE782 #5B7AE7 #E75BC0
split-complementary
#E7C85B #5BC0E7 #825BE7
monochromatic
#AE8D19 #DFB626 #E7C85B #EFDA90 #F7ECC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#E7C85B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.81
#E7C85B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C85B
12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C85B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C85B | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.81 | 12.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC54F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c85b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.132 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d88d',
500: '#e7c85b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c85b; $custom-light: #f2d88d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c85b",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.714,
"s": 74.468,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83852,
"c": 0.13219,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.59053
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C85B
secondary
#3752AF
accent
#3BD70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F