#E7D278#E7D278

#E7D278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.113 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D278
RGB	rgb(231, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 48.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -4.41, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 47.19, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0129 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.113 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3935, 64.4405, 27.0753)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D278 #788DE7

analogous

#E79B78 #E7D278 #C5E778

triadic

#E7D278 #78E7D2 #D278E7

tetradic

#E7D278 #78E79B #788DE7 #E778C5

square

#E7D278 #78E79B #788DE7 #E778C5

split-complementary

#E7D278 #78C5E7 #9B78E7

monochromatic

#C2A423 #DEC144 #E7D278 #F0E3AC #F9F5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E7D278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E7D278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D278

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D278	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.113 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dfa1',
    500: '#e7d278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d278;
$custom-light: #f1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86226,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D278

secondary

#445CBF

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D278

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

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