#E7D579#E7D579

#E7D579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.115 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D579
RGB	rgb(231, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -5.84, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 47.81, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.017 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.115 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2022, 65.9601, 27.6458)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D579 #798BE7

analogous

#E79E79 #E7D579 #C2E779

triadic

#E7D579 #79E7D5 #D579E7

tetradic

#E7D579 #79E79E #798BE7 #E779C2

square

#E7D579 #79E79E #798BE7 #E779C2

split-complementary

#E7D579 #79C2E7 #9E79E7

monochromatic

#C3A923 #DEC545 #E7D579 #F0E5AD #FAF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E7D579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E7D579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D579

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D579	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.115 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e1a1',
    500: '#e7d579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d579;
$custom-light: #f0e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86848,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D579

secondary

#4559BF

accent

#33D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D579

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

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