#E7CA59#E7CA59
#E7CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CA59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 202, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 61.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.81, -2.74, 58.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.81, 58.78, 92.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.23% -0.0116 0.1348) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.23% 0.135 94.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.8812, 59.9540, 18.0781) |
| Luminance | 0.5995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.66
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.19
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.56
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.64
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CA59 #5976E7
analogous
#E78359 #E7CA59 #BDE759
triadic
#E7CA59 #59E7CA #CA59E7
tetradic
#E7CA59 #59E783 #5976E7 #E759BD
square
#E7CA59 #59E783 #5976E7 #E759BD
split-complementary
#E7CA59 #59BDE7 #8359E7
monochromatic
#AD8E19 #DFB924 #E7CA59 #EFDB8E #F6ECC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#E7CA59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#E7CA59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CA59
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CA59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CA59 | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.99 | 12.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC64D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ca59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 94.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d98c',
500: '#e7ca59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ca59; $custom-light: #f2d98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ca59",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 202,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.746,
"s": 74.737,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84234,
"c": 0.13525,
"h": 94.9
},
"luminance": 0.59951
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CA59
secondary
#364FAE
accent
#38D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F