#E7CD5B#E7CD5B

#E7CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD5B
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -4.14, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 58.85, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0154 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6770, 61.4095, 18.7633)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD5B #5B75E7

analogous

#E7875B #E7CD5B #BBE75B

triadic

#E7CD5B #5BE7CD #CD5BE7

tetradic

#E7CD5B #5BE787 #5B75E7 #E75BBB

square

#E7CD5B #5BE787 #5B75E7 #E75BBB

split-complementary

#E7CD5B #5BBBE7 #875BE7

monochromatic

#AE9319 #DFBD26 #E7CD5B #EFDD90 #F7EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E7CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD5B

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD5B	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8d',
    500: '#e7cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd5b;
$custom-light: #f2dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84861,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD5B

secondary

#374DAF

accent

#34D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD5B

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

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