#E7CC51#E7CC51

#E7CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC51
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -4.26, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 62.79, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0169 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0356, 60.7715, 16.5615)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC51 #516CE7

analogous

#E78151 #E7CC51 #B7E751

triadic

#E7CC51 #51E7CC #CC51E7

tetradic

#E7CC51 #51E781 #516CE7 #E751B7

square

#E7CC51 #51E781 #516CE7 #E751B7

split-complementary

#E7CC51 #51B7E7 #8151E7

monochromatic

#A78D17 #DCBA1E #E7CC51 #EEDC87 #F6ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E7CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E7CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC51

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC51	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db87',
    500: '#e7cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc51;
$custom-light: #f2db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84562,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC51

secondary

#3449A8

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC51

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

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