#E7CD55#E7CD55

#E7CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD55
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -4.53, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 61.43, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0172 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(56.4285, 61.3101, 17.4543)
Luminance	0.6131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD55 #556FE7

analogous

#E78455 #E7CD55 #B8E755

triadic

#E7CD55 #55E7CD #CD55E7

tetradic

#E7CD55 #55E784 #556FE7 #E755B8

square

#E7CD55 #55E784 #556FE7 #E755B8

split-complementary

#E7CD55 #55B8E7 #8455E7

monochromatic

#AA9018 #DFBD20 #E7CD55 #EFDD8B #F6EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E7CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD55

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD55	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8a',
    500: '#e7cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd55;
$custom-light: #f2db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84802,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.61307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD55

secondary

#354AAB

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD55

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

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