#E7CD51#E7CD51

#E7CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD51
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -4.77, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 63.10, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0184 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2741, 61.2484, 16.6410)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD51 #516BE7

analogous

#E78251 #E7CD51 #B6E751

triadic

#E7CD51 #51E7CD #CD51E7

tetradic

#E7CD51 #51E782 #516BE7 #E751B6

square

#E7CD51 #51E782 #516BE7 #E751B6

split-complementary

#E7CD51 #51B6E7 #8251E7

monochromatic

#A78E17 #DCBB1E #E7CD51 #EEDC87 #F6ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E7CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD51

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD51	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db87',
    500: '#e7cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd51;
$custom-light: #f2db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84765,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD51

secondary

#3448A8

accent

#31D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD51

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

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