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#f7eb7b

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Meadow Brass

RGB
247, 235, 123
HSL
54°, 89%, 73%
CMYK
0, 5, 50, 3
Luminance
0.8062

#f7eb7b is a light electric yellow, 54° on the wheel and 20/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.12:1). As text it scores 1.23:1 on white — use #847808 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(54 89% 73%)rgb(247 235 123)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f7eb7b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f7eb7b
Hue
54°
yellow
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8062
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
20/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.12:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
56.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.927
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 16.5
Web-safe
#FFFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue54° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f7eb7b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool20% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green74%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f7eb7b
HEX (8-digit)#f7eb7bff
RGBrgb(247, 235, 123)
RGBArgba(247, 235, 123, 1)
HSLhsl(54, 89%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54, 50%, 97%)
HWBhwb(54 48% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 50%, 3%)
LABlab(92.0 -10.3 55.3)
LCHlch(92.0 56.2 100.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.927 0.134 103.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.64, 80.62, 30.52)
Decimal16247675
Display P3color(display-p3 0.969 0.922 0.482)
Web-safe#FFFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f7eb7b;
background-color: #f7eb7b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f7eb7b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f7eb7b] bg-[#f7eb7b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f7eb7b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.969, green: 0.922, blue: 0.482)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.969, green: 0.922, blue: 0.482, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F7EB7B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF7EB7B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF7EB7B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(123, 235, 247)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(247, 235, 123)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(247, 235, 123)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 247, 235, 123)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9686f, 0.9216f, 0.4824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{247,235,123}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f7eb7b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f7eb7b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#786D07, #EEECD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f7eb7b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFCF2;
  --brand-100: #FBF8E5;
  --brand-200: #F8F3C4;
  --brand-300: #f7eb7b;
  --brand-400: #F5E760;
  --brand-500: #F2DF2B;
  --brand-600: #E7D20E;
  --brand-700: #C0AF0C;
  --brand-800: #9A8C09;
  --brand-900: #6F650B;
  --brand-950: #453F07;
  --brand: #f7eb7b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EDE8C0;
  --brand-hover: #F5E659;
  --brand-pressed: #F3E137;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242314;
    --brand-ink: #EEECD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFCF2',
        100: '#FBF8E5',
        200: '#F8F3C4',
        300: '#f7eb7b',
        400: '#F5E760',
        500: '#F2DF2B',
        600: '#E7D20E',
        700: '#C0AF0C',
        800: '#9A8C09',
        900: '#6F650B',
        950: '#453F07',
        DEFAULT: '#f7eb7b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFCF2,
  '100': #FBF8E5,
  '200': #F8F3C4,
  '300': #f7eb7b,
  '400': #F5E760,
  '500': #F2DF2B,
  '600': #E7D20E,
  '700': #C0AF0C,
  '800': #9A8C09,
  '900': #6F650B,
  '950': #453F07,
);
$brand-base: #f7eb7b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBF8E5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8F3C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f7eb7b", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F5E760", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F2DF2B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E7D20E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C0AF0C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A8C09", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F650B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#453F07", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f7eb7b · 17.12:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.23:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.12:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f7eb7b as text scores 1.23:1 on white and 17.12:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #786D07 at 4.29:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#847808 · 4.50:1
AA on white−45% L
#847808
The quick fox
#635A06 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−52% L
#635A06
The quick fox
#f7eb7b · 17.12:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f7eb7b
The quick fox
#f7eb7b · 17.12:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f7eb7b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A1920A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f7eb7b on white: 1.23:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f7eb7b on black: 17.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f7eb7b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f7eb7b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.23:1AaAa
Slate 501.17:1AaAa
Slate 1001.12:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4002.09:1AaAa
Slate 5003.88:1AaAa
Slate 6006.18:1AaAa
Slate 7008.44:1AaAa
Slate 80011.93:1AaAa
Slate 90014.56:1AaAa
Black17.12:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FCE471
deuteranopia · #FFEB80
tritanopia · #FFDED1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f7eb7b is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFCF2
#FBF8E5
#F8F3C4
#f7eb7b
#F5E760
#F2DF2B
#E7D20E
#C0AF0C
#9A8C09
#6F650B
#453F07
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FDFCF2Darkest = 950 · #453F07Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.034 103.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 103.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 103.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.105 103.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.123 103.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.134 103.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.134 103.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.126 103.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.113 103.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.094 103.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 103.2);
}

Colors that work with #f7eb7b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EDE8C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B934B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0749C5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#786D07
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEFBE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242314
Dark-mode background
Hover#F5E659
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F3E137
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F3EE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FEF388
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f7eb7b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #786D07
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A1920A

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight28/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7B87F7
Analogous left#F7AD7B
Analogous right#C5F77B
Split-complement 1#7BC5F7
Split-complement 2#AD7BF7
Triadic 1#7BF7EB
Triadic 2#EB7BF7
Tetradic#7BF7AD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°54°

#f7eb7b sits at 54°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.9%
Green92.2%
Blue48.2%
R · 0–255
247
0xf7
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
123
0x7b

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta4.9%
Yellow50.2%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 58%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f7eb7b text on a black background

contrast 17.12:1

Card sample

#f7eb7b text on a white background

contrast 1.23:1

Card sample

#f7eb7b on grey

1.12:1

#f7eb7b on its own surface

1.17:1

#f7eb7b on its dark surface

12.92:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f7eb7b;
Background color
Panel with #f7eb7b background
background-color: #f7eb7b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f7eb7b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(247, 235, 123, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(247, 235, 123, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f7eb7b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7eb7b, #B0F77B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7eb7b, #91F77B);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f7eb7b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f7eb7b;
caret-color: #f7eb7b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f7eb7b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEFBE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f7eb7b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f7eb7b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f7eb7b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(247, 235, 123, 0.5)
rgb(247 235 123 / 50%)
#f7eb7b80
hsl(54 89% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f7eb7b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f7eb7b1a#FEFDF2
20%#f7eb7b33#FDFBE5
40%#f7eb7b66#FCF7CA
60%#f7eb7b99#FAF3B0
80%#f7eb7bcc#F9EF95

Gradients from #f7eb7b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF4B4, #f7eb7b 45%, #786D07);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f7eb7b, #92F55E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7eb7b, #7B87F7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF8D1 0%, #f7eb7b 45%, #786D07 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FAC4AB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C9F998 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #786D07 0%, transparent 65%), #f7eb7b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f7eb7b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f7eb7b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.12:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f7eb7b, answered

What color is #f7eb7b?

#f7eb7b is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 54° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f7eb7b?

rgb(247, 235, 123) — 247 red, 235 green and 123 blue out of 255, or 96.9% / 92.2% / 48.2% by channel.

What is #f7eb7b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(54, 89%, 73%) and hsv(54, 50%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f7eb7b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8062 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.12:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f7eb7b?

Black. It scores 17.12:1 against #f7eb7b, versus 1.23:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f7eb7b accessible on a white background?

#f7eb7b on white scores 1.23:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #847808 to reach 4.5:1, or #635A06 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f7eb7b?

#7B87F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7BC5F7 and #AD7BF7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f7eb7b?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EDE8C0 for borders, #9B934B for secondary text, #0749C5 as an accent and #786D07 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F7AD7B and #C5F77B stays calm, while #7B87F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #f7eb7b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 5%, 50%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f7eb7b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 20 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F7C47B; nudged cooler, #D6F879.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f7eb7b?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 16.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f7eb7b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f7eb7b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f7eb7b] or text-[#f7eb7b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f7eb7b with 50% opacity?

rgba(247, 235, 123, 0.5), or #f7eb7b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBF5BD; over black, #7C763E.

Is #f7eb7b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF66, ΔE2000 6.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f7eb7b mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f7eb7b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF4B4, #f7eb7b 45%, #786D07). For more colour, a short hue run to #92F55E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f7eb7b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f7eb7b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.