#E7CB59#E7CB59

#E7CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CB59
RGB	rgb(231, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -3.25, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 59.09, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0131 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1166, 60.4248, 18.1566)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CB59 #5975E7

analogous

#E78459 #E7CB59 #BCE759

triadic

#E7CB59 #59E7CB #CB59E7

tetradic

#E7CB59 #59E784 #5975E7 #E759BC

square

#E7CB59 #59E784 #5975E7 #E759BC

split-complementary

#E7CB59 #59BCE7 #8459E7

monochromatic

#AD9019 #DFBA24 #E7CB59 #EFDC8E #F6ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E7CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E7CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CB59

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CB59	1.00	1.60	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da8c',
    500: '#e7cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cb59;
$custom-light: #f2da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84436,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CB59

secondary

#364EAE

accent

#36D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CB59

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

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