#E7D163#E7D163
#E7D163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7D163 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 209, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.70, -5.62, 56.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.70, 56.62, 95.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.76% -0.0187 0.1309) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.76% 0.132 98.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0098, 63.4932, 21.0017) |
| Luminance | 0.6349 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.01
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.35
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.53
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.96
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7D163 #6379E7
analogous
#E78F63 #E7D163 #BBE763
triadic
#E7D163 #63E7D1 #D163E7
tetradic
#E7D163 #63E78F #6379E7 #E763BB
square
#E7D163 #63E78F #6379E7 #E763BB
split-complementary
#E7D163 #63BBE7 #8F63E7
monochromatic
#B49B1C #DFC12E #E7D163 #EFE198 #F7F0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#E7D163 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.70
#E7D163 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7D163
13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7D163 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7D163 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.70 | 13.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CC58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D468
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C4B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7d163; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.132 98.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1de93',
500: '#e7d163',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7d163; $custom-light: #f1de93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7d163",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 209,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85759,
"c": 0.13224,
"h": 98.1
},
"luminance": 0.63491
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7D163
secondary
#3A4EB4
accent
#31D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F