#E7C956#E7C956

#E7C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C956
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -2.42, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 59.78, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.011 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5239, 59.4369, 17.3502)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C956 #5674E7

analogous

#E78056 #E7C956 #BDE756

triadic

#E7C956 #56E7C9 #C956E7

tetradic

#E7C956 #56E780 #5674E7 #E756BD

square

#E7C956 #56E780 #5674E7 #E756BD

split-complementary

#E7C956 #56BDE7 #8056E7

monochromatic

#AA8C18 #DFB820 #E7C956 #EFDA8C #F6EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E7C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E7C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C956

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C956	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98a',
    500: '#e7c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c956;
$custom-light: #f2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84002,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C956

secondary

#354EAC

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C956

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

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