#E7D55D#E7D55D
#E7D55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7D55D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 213, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.67, -8.08, 60.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.67, 60.66, 97.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.51% -0.0264 0.1383) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.51% 0.141 100.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7273, 65.3701, 19.8781) |
| Luminance | 0.6537 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.84
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.84
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.85
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.38
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.41
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7D55D #5D6FE7
analogous
#E7905D #E7D55D #B4E75D
triadic
#E7D55D #5DE7D5 #D55DE7
tetradic
#E7D55D #5DE790 #5D6FE7 #E75DB4
square
#E7D55D #5DE790 #5D6FE7 #E75DB4
split-complementary
#E7D55D #5DB4E7 #905DE7
monochromatic
#B09C1A #DFC728 #E7D55D #EFE392 #F7F1C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E7D55D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.07
#E7D55D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7D55D
14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7D55D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7D55D | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.07 | 14.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CF50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD763
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7d55d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.141 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e18f',
500: '#e7d55d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7d55d; $custom-light: #f2e18f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7d55d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 213,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.174,
"s": 74.194,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86512,
"c": 0.14077,
"h": 100.8
},
"luminance": 0.65368
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7D55D
secondary
#3848B0
accent
#29D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F