#E7CA55#E7CA55

#E7CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA55
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -2.99, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 60.50, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0128 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.138 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7177, 59.8886, 17.2174)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA55 #5572E7

analogous

#E78155 #E7CA55 #BBE755

triadic

#E7CA55 #55E7CA #CA55E7

tetradic

#E7CA55 #55E781 #5572E7 #E755BB

square

#E7CA55 #55E781 #5572E7 #E755BB

split-complementary

#E7CA55 #55BBE7 #8155E7

monochromatic

#AA8D18 #DFB920 #E7CA55 #EFDB8B #F6EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E7CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA55

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA55	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98a',
    500: '#e7ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca55;
$custom-light: #f2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84194,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA55

secondary

#354DAB

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA55

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

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