#E7D972#E7D972

#E7D972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.126 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D972
RGB	rgb(231, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -8.49, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 52.65, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0253 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.126 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.8069, 67.8316, 25.8061)
Luminance	0.6783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D972 #7280E7

analogous

#E79F72 #E7D972 #BAE772

triadic

#E7D972 #72E7D9 #D972E7

tetradic

#E7D972 #72E79F #7280E7 #E772BA

square

#E7D972 #72E79F #7280E7 #E772BA

split-complementary

#E7D972 #72BAE7 #9F72E7

monochromatic

#BEAB20 #DECB3E #E7D972 #F0E7A6 #F9F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E7D972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E7D972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D972

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D972	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.126 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e49d',
    500: '#e7d972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d972;
$custom-light: #f1e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87571,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D972

secondary

#404FBD

accent

#2AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D972

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

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