#E7C954#E7C954
#E7C954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C954 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 201, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.51, -2.54, 60.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.51, 60.63, 92.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.98% -0.0116 0.138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.98% 0.138 94.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4444, 59.4051, 16.9317) |
| Luminance | 0.5940 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.16
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.67
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.70
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.95
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C954 #5472E7
analogous
#E78054 #E7C954 #BCE754
triadic
#E7C954 #54E7C9 #C954E7
tetradic
#E7C954 #54E780 #5472E7 #E754BC
square
#E7C954 #54E780 #5472E7 #E754BC
split-complementary
#E7C954 #54BCE7 #8054E7
monochromatic
#A98B18 #DFB81F #E7C954 #EFDA8A #F6EBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E7C954 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.88
#E7C954 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C954
12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C954 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C954 | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.88 | 12.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC546
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BBB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c954; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.138 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d989',
500: '#e7c954',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c954; $custom-light: #f2d989; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c954",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 201,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.755,
"s": 75.385,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83983,
"c": 0.13849,
"h": 94.8
},
"luminance": 0.59402
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C954
secondary
#354DAA
accent
#37D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F