#E7CE6D#E7CE6D
#E7CE6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CE6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 206, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 72%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 52.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.04, -3.31, 50.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.04, 51.01, 93.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.27% -0.0109 0.1202) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.27% 0.121 95.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7887, 62.2382, 23.4342) |
| Luminance | 0.6224 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.18
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.79
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.80
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.96
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.27
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CE6D #6D86E7
analogous
#E7916D #E7CE6D #C3E76D
triadic
#E7CE6D #6DE7CE #CE6DE7
tetradic
#E7CE6D #6DE791 #6D86E7 #E76DC3
square
#E7CE6D #6DE791 #6D86E7 #E76DC3
split-complementary
#E7CE6D #6DC3E7 #916DE7
monochromatic
#BB9B1F #DEBC38 #E7CE6D #F0E0A2 #F8F1D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E7CE6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.45
#E7CE6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CE6D
13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CE6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CE6D | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.45 | 13.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFCA64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D271
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ce6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.121 95.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc99',
500: '#e7ce6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ce6d; $custom-light: #f1dc99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ce6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 206,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.705,
"s": 71.765,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8527,
"c": 0.12067,
"h": 95.2
},
"luminance": 0.62236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CE6D
secondary
#3E57BA
accent
#39D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F