#E7CC5E#E7CC5E

#E7CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.133 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC5E
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -3.43, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 57.21, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.013 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.133 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5706, 60.9855, 19.3791)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC5E #5E79E7

analogous

#E7875E #E7CC5E #BDE75E

triadic

#E7CC5E #5EE7CC #CC5EE7

tetradic

#E7CC5E #5EE787 #5E79E7 #E75EBD

square

#E7CC5E #5EE787 #5E79E7 #E75EBD

split-complementary

#E7CC5E #5EBDE7 #875EE7

monochromatic

#B0931A #DFBB29 #E7CC5E #EFDD93 #F7EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E7CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC5E

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC5E	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.133 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8f',
    500: '#e7cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc5e;
$custom-light: #f2db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8469,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC5E

secondary

#3850B1

accent

#37D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC5E

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

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