#E7D596#E7D596

#E7D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.083 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D596
RGB	rgb(231, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -2.81, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 33.56, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0059 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.083 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.2553, 66.7813, 38.4589)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D596 #96A8E7

analogous

#E7AD96 #E7D596 #D0E796

triadic

#E7D596 #96E7D5 #D596E7

tetradic

#E7D596 #96E7AD #96A8E7 #E796D0

square

#E7D596 #96E7AD #96A8E7 #E796D0

split-complementary

#E7D596 #96D0E7 #AD96E7

monochromatic

#D0AD32 #DCC164 #E7D596 #F2E9C8 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E7D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E7D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D596

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D596	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.083 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1b5',
    500: '#e7d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d596;
$custom-light: #efe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87314,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D596

secondary

#6076C1

accent

#42CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D596

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

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