#E7CB56#E7CB56

#E7CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CB56
RGB	rgb(231, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -3.44, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 60.38, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.014 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9931, 60.3754, 17.5066)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CB56 #5672E7

analogous

#E78356 #E7CB56 #BAE756

triadic

#E7CB56 #56E7CB #CB56E7

tetradic

#E7CB56 #56E783 #5672E7 #E756BA

square

#E7CB56 #56E783 #5672E7 #E756BA

split-complementary

#E7CB56 #56BAE7 #8356E7

monochromatic

#AA8E18 #DFBB20 #E7CB56 #EFDB8C #F6ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E7CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E7CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CB56

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CB56	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da8a',
    500: '#e7cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cb56;
$custom-light: #f2da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84406,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CB56

secondary

#354CAC

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CB56

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

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