#E7D177#E7D177

#E7D177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D177
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -3.98, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 47.31, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0118 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(59.0871, 63.9241, 26.6754)
Luminance	0.6392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D177 #778DE7

analogous

#E79977 #E7D177 #C5E777

triadic

#E7D177 #77E7D1 #D177E7

tetradic

#E7D177 #77E799 #778DE7 #E777C5

square

#E7D177 #77E799 #778DE7 #E777C5

split-complementary

#E7D177 #77C5E7 #9977E7

monochromatic

#C1A222 #DEBF43 #E7D177 #F0E3AB #F9F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E7D177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E7D177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D177

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D177	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dea0',
    500: '#e7d177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d177;
$custom-light: #f1dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8601,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.63922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D177

secondary

#435CBF

accent

#39D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D177

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

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