#E7CD61#E7CD61

#E7CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD61
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -3.73, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 56.19, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0135 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9463, 61.5172, 20.1814)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD61 #617BE7

analogous

#E78A61 #E7CD61 #BEE761

triadic

#E7CD61 #61E7CD #CD61E7

tetradic

#E7CD61 #61E78A #617BE7 #E761BE

square

#E7CD61 #61E78A #617BE7 #E761BE

split-complementary

#E7CD61 #61BEE7 #8A61E7

monochromatic

#B2951B #DFBC2C #E7CD61 #EFDE96 #F7EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E7CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD61

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD61	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)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc91',
    500: '#e7cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd61;
$custom-light: #f1dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84925,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD61

secondary

#3951B3

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD61

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →