#E7CD5D#E7CD5D

#E7CD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD5D
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -4.01, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 57.97, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0148 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7645, 61.4445, 19.2238)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD5D #5D77E7

analogous

#E7885D #E7CD5D #BCE75D

triadic

#E7CD5D #5DE7CD #CD5DE7

tetradic

#E7CD5D #5DE788 #5D77E7 #E75DBC

square

#E7CD5D #5DE788 #5D77E7 #E75DBC

split-complementary

#E7CD5D #5DBCE7 #885DE7

monochromatic

#B0931A #DFBD28 #E7CD5D #EFDD92 #F7EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E7CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD5D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD5D	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8f',
    500: '#e7cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd5d;
$custom-light: #f2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84882,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD5D

secondary

#384FB0

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD5D

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

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