#E7DC5B#E7DC5B

#E7DC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.149 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DC5B
RGB	rgb(231, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -11.72, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 64.03, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0371 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.149 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4387, 68.9328, 20.0172)
Luminance	0.6893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DC5B #5B66E7

analogous

#E7965B #E7DC5B #ACE75B

triadic

#E7DC5B #5BE7DC #DC5BE7

tetradic

#E7DC5B #5BE796 #5B66E7 #E75BAC

square

#E7DC5B #5BE796 #5B66E7 #E75BAC

split-complementary

#E7DC5B #5BACE7 #965BE7

monochromatic

#AEA219 #DFD126 #E7DC5B #EFE790 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E7DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E7DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DC5B

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DC5B	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.149 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68e',
    500: '#e7dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dc5b;
$custom-light: #f2e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87933,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DC5B

secondary

#3741AF

accent

#1FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DC5B

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

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