#E7CD6D#E7CD6D

#E7CD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.120 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD6D
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 52.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -2.80, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 50.68, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0095 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.12 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5487, 61.7582, 23.3542)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD6D #6D87E7

analogous

#E7906D #E7CD6D #C4E76D

triadic

#E7CD6D #6DE7CD #CD6DE7

tetradic

#E7CD6D #6DE790 #6D87E7 #E76DC4

square

#E7CD6D #6DE790 #6D87E7 #E76DC4

split-complementary

#E7CD6D #6DC4E7 #906DE7

monochromatic

#BB9A1F #DEBB38 #E7CD6D #F0DFA2 #F8F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E7CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD6D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD6D	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)

#DEC964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.120 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc99',
    500: '#e7cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd6d;
$custom-light: #f1dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85068,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD6D

secondary

#3E58BA

accent

#3BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD6D

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

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