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Scale from white (50) through Champagne (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #F7E7CE
- RGB
- rgb(247, 231, 206)
- HSL
- hsl(37, 72%, 89%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.934 0.037 79)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 6%, 17%, 3%)
--color-champagnebg-[#F7E7CE]Accessibility
Score: 48/100On White (#FFF)
1.22:1
On Black (#000)
17.28:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
1.11:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #F7E7CE
color: #F7E7CE
bg-[#F7E7CE] text-[#000000]
border-left: 4px solid #F7E7CE
Color Harmonies
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Yellow is the most luminous color in the visible spectrum — the color our eyes detect first and at the greatest distance. It stimulates mental activity, promotes optimism, and conveys clarity. However, yellow is also the most fatiguing for the human eye at extended exposure, and pure yellow text on white fails all accessibility standards. In design, yellow works best as an accent or background for dark text. Golden yellows signal warmth and achievement; cool lemons feel fresh and modern. Yellow is the universal color of caution — from traffic lights to hazard tape. As a very light tint, it carries the lightness and openness of its hue family while remaining gentle enough for backgrounds, subtle highlights, and delicate UI elements.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Champagne is applied in professional design.
- Taxi and transportation services
- Construction and heavy machinery
- Children's education products and toys
- Fast food and energy-focused brands
- Caution and safety signage
- Summer and outdoor lifestyle brands
- Optimistic lifestyle and wellness brands
- Creative agencies emphasizing ideas
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Fails AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Fails AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Check contrast
3:1 for non-text UI
Champagne is a light color. Use black (#000000) text on top of it for maximum readability (17.28:1). Avoid white text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #F7E7CE;Text
color: #F7E7CE;Border
border: 2px solid #F7E7CE;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #F7E7CE40;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7E7CE, #ffffff);Tailwind-style
--color-champagne: #F7E7CE;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Champagne without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#F7E7CE]Text
text-[#F7E7CE]Border
border-[#F7E7CE]Ring
ring-[#F7E7CE]Fill
fill-[#F7E7CE]From (gradient)
from-[#F7E7CE]Via (gradient)
via-[#F7E7CE]To (gradient)
to-[#F7E7CE]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Champagne design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-champagne: #F7E7CE;
--color-champagne-rgb: 247, 231, 206;
--color-champagne-hsl: 37, 72%, 89%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-champagne: #F7E7CE; $color-champagne-rgb: 247, 231, 206; $color-champagne-hsl: 37, 72%, 89%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'champagne': '#F7E7CE',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-champagne: #F7E7CE;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"champagne": {
"value": "#F7E7CE",
"type": "color",
"description": "Champagne — #F7E7CE"
}
}More yellow colors
View all →What Does Champagne Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
Yellow's psychological power comes from its dual role: the color of the sun and the color of warning tape. Champagne leans toward the former—its pale quality at 89% lightness emphasizing clarity over alarm.
- Yellow occupies a paradoxical space in Western symbolism—simultaneously the color of happiness, optimism, and cowardice. In commercial contexts it signals caution (traffic lights, hazard tape) and sale promotions. In consumer branding it communicates cheerfulness and energy.
- In Chinese and many other East Asian cultures, yellow (and especially gold-yellow) historically signified royalty, prosperity, and imperial authority. In Buddhist traditions it represents wisdom and harmony.
- Champagne's pale lightness (89%) shifts its psychological register: Pale yellow and champagne tones feel warm, neutral, and almost white—excellent for backgrounds, subtle warmth in neutral palettes, and understated accents.
- At 72% saturation, Champagne reads as moderately saturated—neither overwhelming nor passive, landing in the optimism, clarity, intellect, and caution zone with measured confidence.
Champagne is the color of first impressions—it arrives before everything else and sets the energy level for what follows.
How to Use Champagne in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
Champagne requires careful deployment in design—its high luminosity makes it nearly impossible to use as text on white backgrounds, but as an accent, background, or highlight it has no equal for drawing the eye.
- UI components: warning states, highlights, feature callouts—Champagne performs reliably in all these roles with its pale tonal character.
- Brand & identity: highlights, callout banners, brand accents—contexts where Champagne's moderately saturated quality creates the right register.
- Typography: Champagne as text requires a dark background; its 89% lightness means it provides 1.2:1 contrast on white, not meeting WCAG AA.
- Champagne creates strong legibility with black text overlays (17.3:1 contrast ratio), making it a reliable background or surface color in design systems
- Proportional use: Champagne's moderately saturated saturation (72%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
Champagne is the color of first impressions—it arrives before everything else and sets the energy level for what follows.
Champagne Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Champagne (#F7E7CE) achieves a 17.28:1 contrast ratio with black text, surpassing the WCAG 2.1 AAA threshold of 7:1. This exceptional contrast qualifies it for body text, UI components at any size, and all accessibility-sensitive interface contexts. Relative luminance: 81.4%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 1.22:1 — Fail
- As text on black (#000000): 17.28:1 — AAA ✓
- Best text color on Champagne background: Black (#000000) at 17.28:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 81.4% — high-luminance (near-white)—it provides excellent readability for dark text overlays and integrates naturally into light design systems
- Champagne qualifies for all text sizes including small body copy (AAA).
- Color blindness consideration: tritanopia (blue-yellow color blindness, ~0.003% of population) may affect how this color reads. While rare, for maximum accessibility supplement color signals with text or icon indicators in critical states.
Always verify Champagne at its final intended size and weight using a real contrast checker—font weight and rendering environment affect perceived legibility beyond what raw ratios capture.
Champagne in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Champagne's brand positioning falls squarely in the territory of optimism, clarity, intellect, and caution. Industry data supports its strongest performance in education, food, safety & construction categories, where the moderately saturated saturation calibrates the message at a pale, considered level.
- Food & Beverage: Yellow stimulates appetite and communicates freshness, especially for bakery, dairy, and snack categories. Its association with sunlight and ripe crops makes it an instinctive choice for natural and wholesome food brands. (examples: Chipotle, Sweetgreen, Blue Bottle Coffee) Extremely effective for children's food products; less effective for premium dining where it reads as casual.
- Education & Children's Products: Yellow is cognitively stimulating and signals playfulness, making it a dominant choice in educational materials, children's toys, and learning apps. It creates an environment of curiosity and creative energy. (examples: Duolingo, Coursera, Khan Academy) Combine with blue for a classic educational palette that suggests both warmth and reliability.
- Safety & Construction: Yellow is the universal signal for visibility and caution. High-visibility vests, construction equipment, and warning signage use yellow because it provides maximum contrast in low-light conditions and stands out in natural environments. This safety connotation can be leveraged in UX for warning states and "proceed with awareness" signals.
- Brand positioning: Champagne is best suited for brands projecting optimism, creativity, clarity. Categories outside this positioning—body text on white (extremely poor contrast)—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Champagne works effectively in highlights, callout banners, brand accents—contexts where energy serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
For marketers and brand strategists, Champagne is a commitment to optimism, clarity, intellect, and caution. Match it with industries that make that promise and it will pay dividends consistently.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Champagne? ▾
- The hex code for Champagne is #F7E7CE. Its RGB values are rgb(247, 231, 206) and its HSL values are hsl(37, 72%, 89%).
- What does Champagne mean in design? ▾
- Yellow is the most luminous color in the visible spectrum — the color our eyes detect first and at the greatest distance. It stimulates mental activity, promotes optimism, and conveys clarity. However, yellow is also the most fatiguing for the human eye at extended exposure, and pure yellow text on white fails all accessibility standards. In design, yellow works best as an accent or background for dark text. Golden yellows signal warmth and achievement; cool lemons feel fresh and modern. Yellow is the universal color of caution — from traffic lights to hazard tape. As a very light tint, it carries the lightness and openness of its hue family while remaining gentle enough for backgrounds, subtle highlights, and delicate UI elements.
- Is Champagne WCAG accessible? ▾
- Champagne (#F7E7CE) does not pass WCAG AA on white (1.22:1 ratio). Use it on dark backgrounds where it achieves 17.28:1. Its overall accessibility score is 48/100.
- What colors go well with Champagne? ▾
- Champagne pairs well with its complementary color Sapphire (#0F52BA). Analogous colors like Salmon and Pale Silver also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Champagne used for? ▾
- Champagne is commonly used for: Taxi and transportation services; Construction and heavy machinery; Children's education products and toys; Fast food and energy-focused brands; Caution and safety signage.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Champagne? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #F7E7CE` or `background-color: #F7E7CE`. The CSS custom property is `--color-champagne: #F7E7CE`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#F7E7CE]` for backgrounds or `text-[#F7E7CE]` for text.