#E7CC57#E7CC57

#E7CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC57
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -3.89, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 60.26, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0151 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2706, 60.8655, 17.7992)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC57 #5772E7

analogous

#E78457 #E7CC57 #BAE757

triadic

#E7CC57 #57E7CC #CC57E7

tetradic

#E7CC57 #57E784 #5772E7 #E757BA

square

#E7CC57 #57E784 #5772E7 #E757BA

split-complementary

#E7CC57 #57BAE7 #8457E7

monochromatic

#AB9018 #DFBC21 #E7CC57 #EFDC8D #F6EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E7CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC57

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8b',
    500: '#e7cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc57;
$custom-light: #f2db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84618,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC57

secondary

#364CAC

accent

#34D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC57

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

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