#E7D16A#E7D16A

#E7D16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.126 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D16A
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -5.09, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 53.43, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0164 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.126 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3591, 63.6329, 22.8412)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D16A #6A80E7

analogous

#E7926A #E7D16A #BEE76A

triadic

#E7D16A #6AE7D1 #D16AE7

tetradic

#E7D16A #6AE792 #6A80E7 #E76ABE

square

#E7D16A #6AE792 #6A80E7 #E76ABE

split-complementary

#E7D16A #6ABEE7 #926AE7

monochromatic

#B99E1E #DFC135 #E7D16A #EFE19F #F8F2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E7D16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E7D16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D16A

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D16A	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.126 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de97',
    500: '#e7d16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d16a;
$custom-light: #f1de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8584,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D16A

secondary

#3D52B9

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D16A

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

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