#E7CE51#E7CE51

#E7CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CE51
RGB	rgb(231, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -5.28, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 63.41, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0198 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.144 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5140, 61.7283, 16.7209)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CE51 #516AE7

analogous

#E78351 #E7CE51 #B5E751

triadic

#E7CE51 #51E7CE #CE51E7

tetradic

#E7CE51 #51E783 #516AE7 #E751B5

square

#E7CE51 #51E783 #516AE7 #E751B5

split-complementary

#E7CE51 #51B5E7 #8351E7

monochromatic

#A78F17 #DCBD1E #E7CE51 #EEDD87 #F6ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E7CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CE51

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CE51	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)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc87',
    500: '#e7ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ce51;
$custom-light: #f2dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84968,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CE51

secondary

#3447A8

accent

#2FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CE51

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

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