#E7CA56#E7CA56

#E7CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA56
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -2.93, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 60.08, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0125 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7578, 59.9046, 17.4281)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA56 #5673E7

analogous

#E78256 #E7CA56 #BCE756

triadic

#E7CA56 #56E7CA #CA56E7

tetradic

#E7CA56 #56E782 #5673E7 #E756BC

square

#E7CA56 #56E782 #5673E7 #E756BC

split-complementary

#E7CA56 #56BCE7 #8256E7

monochromatic

#AA8D18 #DFB920 #E7CA56 #EFDB8C #F6ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E7CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA56

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98a',
    500: '#e7ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca56;
$custom-light: #f2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84204,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA56

secondary

#354DAC

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →