#E7CE55#E7CE55

#E7CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CE55
RGB	rgb(231, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -5.04, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 61.74, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0187 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6685, 61.7901, 17.5343)
Luminance	0.6179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CE55 #556EE7

analogous

#E78555 #E7CE55 #B7E755

triadic

#E7CE55 #55E7CE #CE55E7

tetradic

#E7CE55 #55E785 #556EE7 #E755B7

square

#E7CE55 #55E785 #556EE7 #E755B7

split-complementary

#E7CE55 #55B7E7 #8555E7

monochromatic

#AA9118 #DFBE20 #E7CE55 #EFDD8B #F6EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E7CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CE55

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CE55	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8a',
    500: '#e7ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ce55;
$custom-light: #f2dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85005,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CE55

secondary

#3549AB

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CE55

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

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