#E7CD59#E7CD59

#E7CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD59
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -4.28, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 59.72, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.016 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5919, 61.3755, 18.3150)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD59 #5973E7

analogous

#E78659 #E7CD59 #BAE759

triadic

#E7CD59 #59E7CD #CD59E7

tetradic

#E7CD59 #59E786 #5973E7 #E759BA

square

#E7CD59 #59E786 #5973E7 #E759BA

split-complementary

#E7CD59 #59BAE7 #8659E7

monochromatic

#AD9219 #DFBD24 #E7CD59 #EFDD8E #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E7CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD59

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD59	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)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8c',
    500: '#e7cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd59;
$custom-light: #f2db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84841,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD59

secondary

#364CAE

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD59

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

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