#E7D165#E7D165
#E7D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.130 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7D165 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 209, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.72, -5.48, 55.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.72, 55.72, 95.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.78% -0.0181 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.78% 0.13 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.1066, 63.5319, 21.5115) |
| Luminance | 0.6353 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.84
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.52
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.57
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.87
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.05
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7D165 #657BE7
analogous
#E79065 #E7D165 #BCE765
triadic
#E7D165 #65E7D1 #D165E7
tetradic
#E7D165 #65E790 #657BE7 #E765BC
square
#E7D165 #65E790 #657BE7 #E765BC
split-complementary
#E7D165 #65BCE7 #9065E7
monochromatic
#B59B1C #DFC130 #E7D165 #EFE19A #F8F1CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#E7D165 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.71
#E7D165 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7D165
13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7D165 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7D165 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.71 | 13.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CC5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D46A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C4B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7d165; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.130 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1de94',
500: '#e7d165',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7d165; $custom-light: #f1de94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7d165",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 209,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.846,
"s": 73.034,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85781,
"c": 0.13047,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.63529
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7D165
secondary
#3B4FB5
accent
#32D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F