#E7CD4B#E7CD4B

#E7CD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.148 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD4B
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -5.11, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 65.52, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.02 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.148 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0589, 61.1623, 15.5079)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD4B #4B65E7

analogous

#E77F4B #E7CD4B #B3E74B

triadic

#E7CD4B #4BE7CD #CD4BE7

tetradic

#E7CD4B #4BE77F #4B65E7 #E74BB3

square

#E7CD4B #4BE77F #4B65E7 #E74BB3

split-complementary

#E7CD4B #4BB3E7 #7F4BE7

monochromatic

#A28B16 #D8B91D #E7CD4B #EEDC81 #F5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E7CD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD4B

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD4B	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.148 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db84',
    500: '#e7cd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd4b;
$custom-light: #f2db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84714,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD4B

secondary

#3245A4

accent

#54F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD4B

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

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