#E7CD60#E7CD60
#E7CD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CD60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 205, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.65, -3.80, 56.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.65, 56.64, 93.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.91% -0.0138 0.1309) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.91% 0.132 96) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.9000, 61.4987, 19.9374) |
| Luminance | 0.6150 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.09
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.18
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.60
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.67
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.29
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CD60 #607AE7
analogous
#E78A60 #E7CD60 #BEE760
triadic
#E7CD60 #60E7CD #CD60E7
tetradic
#E7CD60 #60E78A #607AE7 #E760BE
square
#E7CD60 #60E78A #607AE7 #E760BE
split-complementary
#E7CD60 #60BEE7 #8A60E7
monochromatic
#B2951B #DFBC2B #E7CD60 #EFDE95 #F7EECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E7CD60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.30
#E7CD60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CD60
13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CD60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CD60 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.30 | 13.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D165
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7cd60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.132 96.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc91',
500: '#e7cd60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7cd60; $custom-light: #f1dc91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7cd60",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 205,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.444,
"s": 73.77,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84914,
"c": 0.13165,
"h": 96
},
"luminance": 0.61496
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CD60
secondary
#3950B2
accent
#36D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F