#E7CE5F#E7CE5F
#E7CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CE5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 206, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.89, -4.38, 57.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.89, 57.41, 94.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.11% -0.0156 0.1324) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.11% 0.133 96.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0942, 61.9604, 19.7764) |
| Luminance | 0.6196 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.12
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.26
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.55
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.95
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.04
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CE5F #5F78E7
analogous
#E78A5F #E7CE5F #BCE75F
triadic
#E7CE5F #5FE7CE #CE5FE7
tetradic
#E7CE5F #5FE78A #5F78E7 #E75FBC
square
#E7CE5F #5FE78A #5F78E7 #E75FBC
split-complementary
#E7CE5F #5FBCE7 #8A5FE7
monochromatic
#B1951B #DFBE2A #E7CE5F #EFDE94 #F7EFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E7CE5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.39
#E7CE5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CE5F
13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CE5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CE5F | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.39 | 13.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D264
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C0B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ce5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 96.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2dc90',
500: '#e7ce5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ce5f; $custom-light: #f2dc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ce5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 206,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.971,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85106,
"c": 0.13328,
"h": 96.7
},
"luminance": 0.61958
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CE5F
secondary
#394FB2
accent
#34D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F