#E7CA57#E7CA57

#E7CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA57
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -2.87, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 59.65, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0122 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7983, 59.9209, 17.6418)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA57 #5774E7

analogous

#E78257 #E7CA57 #BCE757

triadic

#E7CA57 #57E7CA #CA57E7

tetradic

#E7CA57 #57E782 #5774E7 #E757BC

square

#E7CA57 #57E782 #5774E7 #E757BC

split-complementary

#E7CA57 #57BCE7 #8257E7

monochromatic

#AB8E18 #DFB921 #E7CA57 #EFDB8D #F6ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E7CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA57

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98b',
    500: '#e7ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca57;
$custom-light: #f2d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84214,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA57

secondary

#364EAC

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA57

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

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