#E7CA5E#E7CA5E
#E7CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CA5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 202, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.86, -2.40, 56.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.86, 56.58, 92.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.29% -0.01 0.1307) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.29% 0.131 94.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0983, 60.0409, 19.2217) |
| Luminance | 0.6004 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.94
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.16
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.60
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.26
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.73
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CA5E #5E7BE7
analogous
#E7855E #E7CA5E #BFE75E
triadic
#E7CA5E #5EE7CA #CA5EE7
tetradic
#E7CA5E #5EE785 #5E7BE7 #E75EBF
square
#E7CA5E #5EE785 #5E7BE7 #E75EBF
split-complementary
#E7CA5E #5EBFE7 #855EE7
monochromatic
#B0911A #DFB829 #E7CA5E #EFDC93 #F7EDC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E7CA5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.01
#E7CA5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CA5E
13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CA5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CA5E | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.01 | 13.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ca5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 94.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d98f',
500: '#e7ca5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ca5e; $custom-light: #f2d98f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ca5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 202,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.299,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84286,
"c": 0.1311,
"h": 94.4
},
"luminance": 0.60038
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CA5E
secondary
#3852B1
accent
#39D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F