#E7CD5E#E7CD5E

#E7CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD5E
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -3.94, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 57.53, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0145 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8090, 61.4623, 19.4586)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD5E #5E78E7

analogous

#E7885E #E7CD5E #BCE75E

triadic

#E7CD5E #5EE7CD #CD5EE7

tetradic

#E7CD5E #5EE788 #5E78E7 #E75EBC

square

#E7CD5E #5EE788 #5E78E7 #E75EBC

split-complementary

#E7CD5E #5EBCE7 #885EE7

monochromatic

#B0941A #DFBC29 #E7CD5E #EFDE93 #F7EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E7CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD5E

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD5E	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)

#DFC952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8f',
    500: '#e7cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd5e;
$custom-light: #f2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84892,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD5E

secondary

#384FB1

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD5E

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

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