#E7D174#E7D174

#E7D174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D174
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -4.25, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 48.74, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0129 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9097, 63.8531, 25.7414)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D174 #748AE7

analogous

#E79774 #E7D174 #C3E774

triadic

#E7D174 #74E7D1 #D174E7

tetradic

#E7D174 #74E797 #748AE7 #E774C3

square

#E7D174 #74E797 #748AE7 #E774C3

split-complementary

#E7D174 #74C3E7 #9774E7

monochromatic

#C0A121 #DEC040 #E7D174 #F0E2A8 #F9F4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E7D174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E7D174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D174

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D174	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de9e',
    500: '#e7d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d174;
$custom-light: #f1de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85968,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D174

secondary

#4159BF

accent

#38D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D174

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

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