#E7CC55#E7CC55

#E7CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC55
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -4.02, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 61.12, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0157 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1901, 60.8332, 17.3748)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC55 #5570E7

analogous

#E78355 #E7CC55 #B9E755

triadic

#E7CC55 #55E7CC #CC55E7

tetradic

#E7CC55 #55E783 #5570E7 #E755B9

square

#E7CC55 #55E783 #5570E7 #E755B9

split-complementary

#E7CC55 #55B9E7 #8355E7

monochromatic

#AA8F18 #DFBC20 #E7CC55 #EFDC8B #F6ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E7CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC55

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC55	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8a',
    500: '#e7cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc55;
$custom-light: #f2db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84599,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC55

secondary

#354BAB

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC55

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

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