#E7CE59#E7CE59

#E7CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.138 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CE59
RGB	rgb(231, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -4.79, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 60.04, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0175 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.138 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8319, 61.8554, 18.3950)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CE59 #5972E7

analogous

#E78759 #E7CE59 #B9E759

triadic

#E7CE59 #59E7CE #CE59E7

tetradic

#E7CE59 #59E787 #5972E7 #E759B9

square

#E7CE59 #59E787 #5972E7 #E759B9

split-complementary

#E7CE59 #59B9E7 #8759E7

monochromatic

#AD9319 #DFBE24 #E7CE59 #EFDE8E #F6EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E7CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CE59

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CE59	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.138 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8c',
    500: '#e7ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ce59;
$custom-light: #f2dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85044,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CE59

secondary

#364BAE

accent

#32D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CE59

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

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