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Pale muted yellow

#E7E7BF

#E7E7BF is a pale muted yellow with low intensity, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 14.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.3:1, so use a darker shade for text.

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Pale muted yellow#E7E7BF
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#E7E7BF shades and tints

Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E7E7BF kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.

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  1. 50 F9F9DD
  2. 100 E7E7BF
  3. 200 DCDCBB
  4. 300 C2C29F
  5. 400 A6A681
  6. 500 8B8A65
  7. 600 70704C
  8. 700 585736
  9. 800 424224
  10. 900 2D2D13
  11. 950 1A1905

Tailwind CSS v4 theme

@theme {  --color-yellow-50: #f9f9dd;  --color-yellow-100: #e7e7bf;  --color-yellow-200: #dcdcbb;  --color-yellow-300: #c2c29f;  --color-yellow-400: #a6a681;  --color-yellow-500: #8b8a65;  --color-yellow-600: #70704c;  --color-yellow-700: #585736;  --color-yellow-800: #424224;  --color-yellow-900: #2d2d13;  --color-yellow-950: #1a1905;}

Is #E7E7BF readable?

Contrast for text on #E7E7BF and for #E7E7BF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.

Color palettes with #E7E7BF

Six palettes built around #E7E7BF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.

#E7E7BF as a brand color

What a UI color system built from #E7E7BF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.

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Brand

  1. Brand 50, #F9F9DD
  2. Brand 100, #E7E7BF
  3. Brand 200, #DCDCBB
  4. Brand 300, #C2C29F
  5. Brand 400, #A6A681
  6. Brand 500, #8B8A65
  7. Brand 600, #70704C
  8. Brand 700, #585736
  9. Brand 800, #424224
  10. Brand 900, #2D2D13
  11. Brand 950, #1A1905

Neutral

  1. Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
  2. Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
  3. Neutral 200, #E5E5E2
  4. Neutral 300, #D4D5CF
  5. Neutral 400, #A1A199
  6. Neutral 500, #74746B
  7. Neutral 600, #55554C
  8. Neutral 700, #414139
  9. Neutral 800, #282822
  10. Neutral 900, #181812
  11. Neutral 950, #0B0B05

Success

  1. Success 50, #E7FFE2
  2. Success 100, #CAFCBF
  3. Success 200, #B4EBA9
  4. Success 300, #97D28A
  5. Success 400, #78B66A
  6. Success 500, #66A558
  7. Success 600, #417E33
  8. Success 700, #2A651C
  9. Success 800, #174D07
  10. Success 900, #0A3600
  11. Success 950, #041F00

Warning

  1. Warning 50, #FFF6E5
  2. Warning 100, #FFE8C0
  3. Warning 200, #FCD387
  4. Warning 300, #E6B554
  5. Warning 400, #C99B3B
  6. Warning 500, #AE7F06
  7. Warning 600, #8D6600
  8. Warning 700, #6F4F00
  9. Warning 800, #543B00
  10. Warning 900, #3A2800
  11. Warning 950, #221600

Danger

  1. Danger 50, #FFF4F2
  2. Danger 100, #FFE4E0
  3. Danger 200, #FFCBC2
  4. Danger 300, #FFA396
  5. Danger 400, #F77767
  6. Danger 500, #D45345
  7. Danger 600, #B93C30
  8. Danger 700, #99221A
  9. Danger 800, #7B0805
  10. Danger 900, #580000
  11. Danger 950, #360000

Info

  1. Info 50, #EEF9FF
  2. Info 100, #D6EFFF
  3. Info 200, #AFE1FF
  4. Info 300, #74CBFC
  5. Info 400, #4EAEE1
  6. Info 500, #2591C4
  7. Info 600, #0076A5
  8. Info 700, #005D82
  9. Info 800, #004563
  10. Info 900, #003045
  11. Info 950, #001B2A
  • Primary buttons use Brand 100 with neutral 950 text, at 15.6:1.
  • In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 15.6:1.
  • Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
  • Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.

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