#E7CD57#E7CD57

#E7CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD57
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -4.41, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 60.58, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0166 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.139 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5091, 61.3424, 17.8787)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD57 #5771E7

analogous

#E78557 #E7CD57 #B9E757

triadic

#E7CD57 #57E7CD #CD57E7

tetradic

#E7CD57 #57E785 #5771E7 #E757B9

square

#E7CD57 #57E785 #5771E7 #E757B9

split-complementary

#E7CD57 #57B9E7 #8557E7

monochromatic

#AB9118 #DFBD21 #E7CD57 #EFDD8D #F6EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E7CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD57

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD57	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8b',
    500: '#e7cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd57;
$custom-light: #f2db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84821,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD57

secondary

#364BAC

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD57

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

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