#E7DC4A#E7DC4A

#E7DC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.161 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DC4A
RGB	rgb(231, 220, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -12.72, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 70.80, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0417 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.161 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.7866, 68.6720, 16.5830)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DC4A #4A55E7

analogous

#E78D4A #E7DC4A #A4E74A

triadic

#E7DC4A #4AE7DC #DC4AE7

tetradic

#E7DC4A #4AE78D #4A55E7 #E74AA4

square

#E7DC4A #4AE78D #4A55E7 #E74AA4

split-complementary

#E7DC4A #4AA4E7 #8D4AE7

monochromatic

#A19715 #D7CA1D #E7DC4A #EEE680 #F5F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E7DC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E7DC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DC4A

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DC4A	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 220, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.161 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e685',
    500: '#e7dc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dc4a;
$custom-light: #f2e685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.796,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87789,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.6867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DC4A

secondary

#3139A4

accent

#42F335

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DC4A

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

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