#E7D56D#E7D56D
#E7D56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7D56D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 213, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 72%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.83, -6.88, 53.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.83, 53.47, 97.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.69% -0.0212 0.1248) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.69% 0.127 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.5115, 65.6838, 24.0085) |
| Luminance | 0.6568 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.34
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.33
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.18
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.36
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.38
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7D56D #6D7FE7
analogous
#E7986D #E7D56D #BCE76D
triadic
#E7D56D #6DE7D5 #D56DE7
tetradic
#E7D56D #6DE798 #6D7FE7 #E76DBC
square
#E7D56D #6DE798 #6D7FE7 #E76DBC
split-complementary
#E7D56D #6DBCE7 #986DE7
monochromatic
#BBA41F #DEC638 #E7D56D #F0E4A2 #F8F3D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E7D56D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.14
#E7D56D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7D56D
14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7D56D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7D56D | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D063
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD772
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7d56d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.127 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e199',
500: '#e7d56d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7d56d; $custom-light: #f1e199; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7d56d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 213,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.148,
"s": 71.765,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86691,
"c": 0.12658,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.65682
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7D56D
secondary
#3E50BA
accent
#2ED412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F