#E7DC5E#E7DC5E

#E7DC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DC5E
RGB	rgb(231, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -11.52, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 62.76, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0362 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5707, 68.9856, 20.7125)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DC5E #5E69E7

analogous

#E7975E #E7DC5E #ADE75E

triadic

#E7DC5E #5EE7DC #DC5EE7

tetradic

#E7DC5E #5EE797 #5E69E7 #E75EAD

square

#E7DC5E #5EE797 #5E69E7 #E75EAD

split-complementary

#E7DC5E #5EADE7 #975EE7

monochromatic

#B0A41A #DFD029 #E7DC5E #EFE893 #F7F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E7DC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E7DC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DC5E

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DC5E	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e690',
    500: '#e7dc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dc5e;
$custom-light: #f1e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87962,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DC5E

secondary

#3842B1

accent

#1FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DC5E

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

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