#E7CB51#E7CB51

#E7CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CB51
RGB	rgb(231, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -3.75, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 62.49, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0154 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7987, 60.2976, 16.4825)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CB51 #516DE7

analogous

#E78051 #E7CB51 #B8E751

triadic

#E7CB51 #51E7CB #CB51E7

tetradic

#E7CB51 #51E780 #516DE7 #E751B8

square

#E7CB51 #51E780 #516DE7 #E751B8

split-complementary

#E7CB51 #51B8E7 #8051E7

monochromatic

#A78C17 #DCB91E #E7CB51 #EEDB87 #F6EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E7CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E7CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CB51

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CB51	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da87',
    500: '#e7cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cb51;
$custom-light: #f2da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84359,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CB51

secondary

#344AA8

accent

#33D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CB51

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

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