#E7CA5A#E7CA5A
#E7CA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CA5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 202, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 61%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.82, -2.67, 58.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.82, 58.35, 92.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.24% -0.0113 0.134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.24% 0.134 94.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9234, 59.9709, 18.3008) |
| Luminance | 0.5997 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.71
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.08
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.50
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.67
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CA5A #5A77E7
analogous
#E7845A #E7CA5A #BDE75A
triadic
#E7CA5A #5AE7CA #CA5AE7
tetradic
#E7CA5A #5AE784 #5A77E7 #E75ABD
square
#E7CA5A #5AE784 #5A77E7 #E75ABD
split-complementary
#E7CA5A #5ABDE7 #845AE7
monochromatic
#AD8F19 #DFB925 #E7CA5A #EFDB8F #F7ECC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#E7CA5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#E7CA5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CA5A
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CA5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CA5A | 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)
#DDC64E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ca5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d98d',
500: '#e7ca5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ca5a; $custom-light: #f2d98d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ca5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 202,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.66,
"s": 74.603,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84244,
"c": 0.13443,
"h": 94.8
},
"luminance": 0.59968
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CA5A
secondary
#374FAE
accent
#38D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F