#E7CC56#E7CC56

#E7CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC56
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -3.96, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 60.69, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0154 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.139 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2301, 60.8492, 17.5855)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC56 #5671E7

analogous

#E78456 #E7CC56 #B9E756

triadic

#E7CC56 #56E7CC #CC56E7

tetradic

#E7CC56 #56E784 #5671E7 #E756B9

square

#E7CC56 #56E784 #5671E7 #E756B9

split-complementary

#E7CC56 #56B9E7 #8456E7

monochromatic

#AA8F18 #DFBC20 #E7CC56 #EFDC8C #F6ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E7CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC56

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC56	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)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.139 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8a',
    500: '#e7cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc56;
$custom-light: #f2db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84609,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC56

secondary

#354BAC

accent

#34D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC56

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

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