#E7D862#E7D862

#E7D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D862
RGB	rgb(231, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -9.24, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 59.55, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0292 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7176, 66.9847, 21.3366)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D862 #6271E7

analogous

#E79662 #E7D862 #B4E762

triadic

#E7D862 #62E7D8 #D862E7

tetradic

#E7D862 #62E796 #6271E7 #E762B4

square

#E7D862 #62E796 #6271E7 #E762B4

split-complementary

#E7D862 #62B4E7 #9662E7

monochromatic

#B3A21B #DFCB2D #E7D862 #EFE597 #F7F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E7D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E7D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D862

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D862	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e392',
    500: '#e7d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d862;
$custom-light: #f1e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87179,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D862

secondary

#3A47B4

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D862

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

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