#E7CC5F#E7CC5F
#E7CC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CC5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 204, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.38, -3.36, 56.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.38, 56.76, 93.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.7% -0.0127 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.7% 0.132 95.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.6158, 61.0035, 19.6170) |
| Luminance | 0.6100 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.04
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.06
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.66
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.82
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.41
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CC5F #5F7AE7
analogous
#E7885F #E7CC5F #BEE75F
triadic
#E7CC5F #5FE7CC #CC5FE7
tetradic
#E7CC5F #5FE788 #5F7AE7 #E75FBE
square
#E7CC5F #5FE788 #5F7AE7 #E75FBE
split-complementary
#E7CC5F #5FBEE7 #885FE7
monochromatic
#B1931B #DFBB2A #E7CC5F #EFDD94 #F7EEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E7CC5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.20
#E7CC5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CC5F
13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CC5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CC5F | 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)
#DEC854
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D164
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7cc5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.132 95.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2db90',
500: '#e7cc5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7cc5f; $custom-light: #f2db90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7cc5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 204,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.088,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84701,
"c": 0.13174,
"h": 95.5
},
"luminance": 0.61001
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CC5F
secondary
#3951B2
accent
#37D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F