#E7CD5C#E7CD5C

#E7CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD5C
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -4.08, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 58.41, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0151 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7205, 61.4269, 18.9920)
Luminance	0.6142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD5C #5C76E7

analogous

#E7875C #E7CD5C #BBE75C

triadic

#E7CD5C #5CE7CD #CD5CE7

tetradic

#E7CD5C #5CE787 #5C76E7 #E75CBB

square

#E7CD5C #5CE787 #5C76E7 #E75CBB

split-complementary

#E7CD5C #5CBBE7 #875CE7

monochromatic

#AF931A #DFBD27 #E7CD5C #EFDD91 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E7CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD5C

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD5C	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)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8e',
    500: '#e7cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd5c;
$custom-light: #f2dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84871,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD5C

secondary

#374EB0

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD5C

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

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