#E7CC5D#E7CC5D

#E7CC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.133 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC5D
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -3.50, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 57.65, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0133 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.133 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5260, 60.9676, 19.1443)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC5D #5D78E7

analogous

#E7875D #E7CC5D #BDE75D

triadic

#E7CC5D #5DE7CC #CC5DE7

tetradic

#E7CC5D #5DE787 #5D78E7 #E75DBD

square

#E7CC5D #5DE787 #5D78E7 #E75DBD

split-complementary

#E7CC5D #5DBDE7 #875DE7

monochromatic

#B0921A #DFBB28 #E7CC5D #EFDD92 #F7EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E7CC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC5D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC5D	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)

#DFC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.133 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8f',
    500: '#e7cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc5d;
$custom-light: #f2db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84679,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC5D

secondary

#384FB0

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC5D

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

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