#E7CC5B#E7CC5B

#E7CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC5B
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -3.63, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 58.53, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0139 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4386, 60.9327, 18.6839)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC5B #5B76E7

analogous

#E7865B #E7CC5B #BCE75B

triadic

#E7CC5B #5BE7CC #CC5BE7

tetradic

#E7CC5B #5BE786 #5B76E7 #E75BBC

square

#E7CC5B #5BE786 #5B76E7 #E75BBC

split-complementary

#E7CC5B #5BBCE7 #865BE7

monochromatic

#AE9119 #DFBB26 #E7CC5B #EFDD90 #F7EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E7CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC5B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC5B	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8d',
    500: '#e7cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc5b;
$custom-light: #f2db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84658,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC5B

secondary

#374EAF

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC5B

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

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