#E7D16D#E7D16D

#E7D16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D16D
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -4.85, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 52.04, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0154 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.123 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5178, 63.6964, 23.6773)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D16D #6D83E7

analogous

#E7946D #E7D16D #C0E76D

triadic

#E7D16D #6DE7D1 #D16DE7

tetradic

#E7D16D #6DE794 #6D83E7 #E76DC0

square

#E7D16D #6DE794 #6D83E7 #E76DC0

split-complementary

#E7D16D #6DC0E7 #946DE7

monochromatic

#BB9F1F #DEC038 #E7D16D #F0E2A2 #F8F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E7D16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E7D16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D16D

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D16D	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.123 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de99',
    500: '#e7d16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d16d;
$custom-light: #f1de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85877,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D16D

secondary

#3E54BA

accent

#35D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D16D

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

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