#E7D465#E7D465
#E7D465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7D465 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 212, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.49, -7.00, 56.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.49, 56.77, 97.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.39% -0.0225 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.39% 0.133 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.8496, 65.0178, 21.7592) |
| Luminance | 0.6502 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.69
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.94
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.01
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.19
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7D465 #6578E7
analogous
#E79365 #E7D465 #B9E765
triadic
#E7D465 #65E7D4 #D465E7
tetradic
#E7D465 #65E793 #6578E7 #E765B9
square
#E7D465 #65E793 #6578E7 #E765B9
split-complementary
#E7D465 #65B9E7 #9365E7
monochromatic
#B59F1C #DFC530 #E7D465 #EFE39A #F8F2CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E7D465 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.00
#E7D465 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7D465
14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7D465 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7D465 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CF5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD66A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7d465; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 212, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.133 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e194',
500: '#e7d465',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7d465; $custom-light: #f1e194; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7d465",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 212,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.231,
"s": 73.034,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86393,
"c": 0.13303,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.65015
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7D465
secondary
#3B4DB5
accent
#2DD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F