#E7CD79#E7CD79

#E7CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.108 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CD79
RGB	rgb(231, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -1.75, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 44.97, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0051 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.108 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2394, 62.0345, 26.9916)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CD79 #7993E7

analogous

#E79679 #E7CD79 #CAE779

triadic

#E7CD79 #79E7CD #CD79E7

tetradic

#E7CD79 #79E796 #7993E7 #E779CA

square

#E7CD79 #79E796 #7993E7 #E779CA

split-complementary

#E7CD79 #79CAE7 #9679E7

monochromatic

#C39D23 #DEBA45 #E7CD79 #F0E0AD #FAF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E7CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CD79

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CD79	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.108 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dca1',
    500: '#e7cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cd79;
$custom-light: #f1dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85232,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CD79

secondary

#4562BF

accent

#41D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CD79

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

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