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#f7eb9d

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Brass

RGB
247, 235, 157
HSL
52°, 85%, 79%
CMYK
0, 5, 36, 3
Luminance
0.8163

#f7eb9d is a light electric yellow, 52° on the wheel and 18/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.33:1). As text it scores 1.21:1 on white — use #85750B instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(52 85% 79%)rgb(247 235 157)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f7eb9d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f7eb9d
Hue
52°
yellow
Saturation
85%
electric
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8163
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
18/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.33:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
40.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.932
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 18
Web-safe
#FFFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue52° of 360°
Saturation85%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f7eb9d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool18% 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
Red24%
Green73%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#f7eb9d
HEX (8-digit)#f7eb9dff
RGBrgb(247, 235, 157)
RGBArgba(247, 235, 157, 1)
HSLhsl(52, 85%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 36%, 97%)
HWBhwb(52 62% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 36%, 3%)
LABlab(92.4 -7.0 39.3)
LCHlch(92.4 40.0 100.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.932 0.099 100.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(74.15, 81.63, 43.74)
Decimal16247709
Display P3color(display-p3 0.969 0.922 0.616)
Web-safe#FFFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f7eb9d;
background-color: #f7eb9d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f7eb9d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f7eb9d] bg-[#f7eb9d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f7eb9d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.969, green: 0.922, blue: 0.616)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.969, green: 0.922, blue: 0.616, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F7EB9D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF7EB9D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF7EB9D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(157, 235, 247)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(247, 235, 157)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(247, 235, 157)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 247, 235, 157)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9686f, 0.9216f, 0.6157f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{247,235,157}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f7eb9d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f7eb9d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#76670A, #EEEAD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f7eb9d 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: #FCFBF2;
  --brand-100: #FAF7E5;
  --brand-200: #F7F0C5;
  --brand-300: #f7eb9d;
  --brand-400: #F2DF63;
  --brand-500: #EED530;
  --brand-600: #E2C712;
  --brand-700: #BDA60F;
  --brand-800: #97840C;
  --brand-900: #6D600D;
  --brand-950: #443C08;
  --brand: #f7eb9d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EDE7C0;
  --brand-hover: #F4E47C;
  --brand-pressed: #F2DE5B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242214;
    --brand-ink: #EEEAD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCFBF2',
        100: '#FAF7E5',
        200: '#F7F0C5',
        300: '#f7eb9d',
        400: '#F2DF63',
        500: '#EED530',
        600: '#E2C712',
        700: '#BDA60F',
        800: '#97840C',
        900: '#6D600D',
        950: '#443C08',
        DEFAULT: '#f7eb9d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCFBF2,
  '100': #FAF7E5,
  '200': #F7F0C5,
  '300': #f7eb9d,
  '400': #F2DF63,
  '500': #EED530,
  '600': #E2C712,
  '700': #BDA60F,
  '800': #97840C,
  '900': #6D600D,
  '950': #443C08,
);
$brand-base: #f7eb9d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCFBF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAF7E5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7F0C5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f7eb9d", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F2DF63", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#EED530", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E2C712", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BDA60F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#97840C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6D600D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#443C08", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f7eb9d · 17.33:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.21:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f7eb9d as text scores 1.21:1 on white and 17.33:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #76670A at 4.66:1.

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
#85750B · 4.62:1
AA on white−51% L
#85750B
The quick fox
#645808 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−58% L
#645808
The quick fox
#f7eb9d · 17.33:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f7eb9d
The quick fox
#f7eb9d · 17.33:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f7eb9d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A6920E 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
#f7eb9d on white: 1.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f7eb9d on black: 17.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f7eb9d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f7eb9d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.21:1AaAa
Slate 501.16:1AaAa
Slate 1001.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.12:1AaAa
Slate 5003.93:1AaAa
Slate 6006.25:1AaAa
Slate 7008.54:1AaAa
Slate 80012.07:1AaAa
Slate 90014.73:1AaAa
Black17.33:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F9E697
deuteranopia · #FDECA0
tritanopia · #FFE1D7

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. #f7eb9d 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.

#FCFBF2
#FAF7E5
#F7F0C5
#f7eb9d
#F2DF63
#EED530
#E2C712
#BDA60F
#97840C
#6D600D
#443C08
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCFBF2Darkest = 950 · #443C08Text 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 0.025 100.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 100.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.059 100.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.077 100.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.091 100.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.099 100.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.099 100.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.093 100.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 100.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.069 100.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 100.6);
}

Colors that work with #f7eb9d

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#EDE7C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B904B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0C51C0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#76670A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDFAE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242214
Dark-mode background
Hover#F4E47C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F2DE5B
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F6F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FDF2AC
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 #f7eb9d

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 #76670A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A6920E

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
  • Weight21/100
  • 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#9DA9F7
Analogous left#F7BE9D
Analogous right#D6F79D
Split-complement 1#9DD6F7
Split-complement 2#BE9DF7
Triadic 1#9DF7EB
Triadic 2#EB9DF7
Tetradic#9DF7BE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°52°

#f7eb9d sits at 52°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.9%
Green92.2%
Blue61.6%
R · 0–255
247
0xf7
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
157
0x9d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta4.9%
Yellow36.4%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 44%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f7eb9d text on a black background

contrast 17.33:1

Card sample

#f7eb9d text on a white background

contrast 1.21:1

Card sample

#f7eb9d on grey

1.11:1

#f7eb9d on its own surface

1.16:1

#f7eb9d on its dark surface

13.19:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f7eb9d;
Background color
Panel with #f7eb9d background
background-color: #f7eb9d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f7eb9d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(247, 235, 157, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(247, 235, 157, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f7eb9d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7eb9d, #C7F79D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7eb9d, #B0F79D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f7eb9d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f7eb9d;
caret-color: #f7eb9d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f7eb9d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDFAE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f7eb9d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f7eb9d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f7eb9d 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, 157, 0.5)
rgb(247 235 157 / 50%)
#f7eb9d80
hsl(52 85% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f7eb9d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f7eb9d1a#FEFDF5
20%#f7eb9d33#FDFBEB
40%#f7eb9d66#FCF7D8
60%#f7eb9d99#FAF3C4
80%#f7eb9dcc#F9EFB1

Gradients from #f7eb9d

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, #FCF7D6, #f7eb9d 45%, #76670A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f7eb9d, #ADF581);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7eb9d, #9DA9F7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEFCF1 0%, #f7eb9d 45%, #76670A 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%, #FBD9CC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DCF9B9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #76670A 0%, transparent 65%), #f7eb9d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f7eb9d

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.

#f7eb9d 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 17.33:1.

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.

#f7eb9d, answered

What color is #f7eb9d?

#f7eb9d is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 52° on the hue wheel with 85% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f7eb9d?

rgb(247, 235, 157) — 247 red, 235 green and 157 blue out of 255, or 96.9% / 92.2% / 61.6% by channel.

What is #f7eb9d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(52, 85%, 79%) and hsv(52, 36%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f7eb9d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8163 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 17.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f7eb9d?

Black. It scores 17.33:1 against #f7eb9d, versus 1.21:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f7eb9d accessible on a white background?

#f7eb9d on white scores 1.21:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #85750B to reach 4.5:1, or #645808 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f7eb9d?

#9DA9F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9DD6F7 and #BE9DF7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f7eb9d?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EDE7C0 for borders, #9B904B for secondary text, #0C51C0 as an accent and #76670A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F7BE9D and #D6F79D stays calm, while #9DA9F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #f7eb9d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 5%, 36%, 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 #f7eb9d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 18 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F7CE9D; nudged cooler, #E3F89C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f7eb9d?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 18 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f7eb9d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f7eb9d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f7eb9d] or text-[#f7eb9d], 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 #f7eb9d with 50% opacity?

rgba(247, 235, 157, 0.5), or #f7eb9d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBF5CE; over black, #7C764F.

Is #f7eb9d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF99, ΔE2000 5.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f7eb9d 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 #f7eb9d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCF7D6, #f7eb9d 45%, #76670A). For more colour, a short hue run to #ADF581 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f7eb9d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f7eb9d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.