#E7D178#E7D178

#E7D178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.112 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D178
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -3.89, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 46.83, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0115 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.112 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1474, 63.9482, 26.9933)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D178 #788EE7

analogous

#E79A78 #E7D178 #C6E778

triadic

#E7D178 #78E7D1 #D178E7

tetradic

#E7D178 #78E79A #788EE7 #E778C6

square

#E7D178 #78E79A #788EE7 #E778C6

split-complementary

#E7D178 #78C6E7 #9A78E7

monochromatic

#C2A223 #DEBF44 #E7D178 #F0E3AC #F9F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E7D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E7D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D178

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D178	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.112 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dea1',
    500: '#e7d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d178;
$custom-light: #f1dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86024,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D178

secondary

#445DBF

accent

#39D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D178

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

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