#E7CD6C#E7CD6C
#E7CD6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.121 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CD6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 205, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 53.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.77, -2.88, 51.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.77, 51.14, 93.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.06% -0.0098 0.1204) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.06% 0.121 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4952, 61.7368, 23.0723) |
| Luminance | 0.6173 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.12
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.05
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.75
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.05
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.14
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CD6C #6C86E7
analogous
#E7906C #E7CD6C #C4E76C
triadic
#E7CD6C #6CE7CD #CD6CE7
tetradic
#E7CD6C #6CE790 #6C86E7 #E76CC4
square
#E7CD6C #6CE790 #6C86E7 #E76CC4
split-complementary
#E7CD6C #6CC4E7 #906CE7
monochromatic
#BA991E #DEBB37 #E7CD6C #F0DFA1 #F8F1D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E7CD6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.35
#E7CD6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CD6C
13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CD6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CD6C | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.35 | 13.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC963
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D270
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C0B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7cd6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.121 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc98',
500: '#e7cd6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7cd6c; $custom-light: #f1dc98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7cd6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 205,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.317,
"s": 71.93,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85056,
"c": 0.12082,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.61734
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CD6C
secondary
#3D58BA
accent
#3BD412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F