#E7CE5B#E7CE5B

#E7CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CE5B
RGB	rgb(231, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -4.66, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 59.17, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0169 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9170, 61.8895, 18.8433)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CE5B #5B74E7

analogous

#E7885B #E7CE5B #BAE75B

triadic

#E7CE5B #5BE7CE #CE5BE7

tetradic

#E7CE5B #5BE788 #5B74E7 #E75BBA

square

#E7CE5B #5BE788 #5B74E7 #E75BBA

split-complementary

#E7CE5B #5BBAE7 #885BE7

monochromatic

#AE9419 #DFBE26 #E7CE5B #EFDE90 #F7EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E7CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E7CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CE5B

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CE5B	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8e',
    500: '#e7ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ce5b;
$custom-light: #f2dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85064,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CE5B

secondary

#374DAF

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CE5B

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

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