#E7CC5A#E7CC5A

#E7CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC5A
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -3.70, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 58.97, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0142 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.3958, 60.9155, 18.4582)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC5A #5A75E7

analogous

#E7865A #E7CC5A #BBE75A

triadic

#E7CC5A #5AE7CC #CC5AE7

tetradic

#E7CC5A #5AE786 #5A75E7 #E75ABB

square

#E7CC5A #5AE786 #5A75E7 #E75ABB

split-complementary

#E7CC5A #5ABBE7 #865AE7

monochromatic

#AD9119 #DFBB25 #E7CC5A #EFDD8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E7CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC5A

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC5A	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)

#DFC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8d',
    500: '#e7cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc5a;
$custom-light: #f2db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84648,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC5A

secondary

#374EAE

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC5A

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

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