#E7CC59#E7CC59

#E7CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC59
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -3.76, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 59.40, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0145 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3535, 60.8986, 18.2355)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC59 #5974E7

analogous

#E78559 #E7CC59 #BBE759

triadic

#E7CC59 #59E7CC #CC59E7

tetradic

#E7CC59 #59E785 #5974E7 #E759BB

square

#E7CC59 #59E785 #5974E7 #E759BB

split-complementary

#E7CC59 #59BBE7 #8559E7

monochromatic

#AD9119 #DFBC24 #E7CC59 #EFDC8E #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E7CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC59

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC59	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8c',
    500: '#e7cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc59;
$custom-light: #f2db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84638,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC59

secondary

#364DAE

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC59

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

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