#E7DD5C#E7DD5C

#E7DD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD5C
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -12.16, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 63.98, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0382 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7453, 69.4766, 20.3337)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD5C #5C66E7

analogous

#E7975C #E7DD5C #ACE75C

triadic

#E7DD5C #5CE7DD #DD5CE7

tetradic

#E7DD5C #5CE797 #5C66E7 #E75CAC

square

#E7DD5C #5CE797 #5C66E7 #E75CAC

split-complementary

#E7DD5C #5CACE7 #975CE7

monochromatic

#AFA41A #DFD227 #E7DD5C #EFE891 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E7DD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD5C

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD5C	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78f',
    500: '#e7dd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd5c;
$custom-light: #f2e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8815,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD5C

secondary

#3740B0

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD5C

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

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