#E7C65E#E7C65E
#E7C65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C65E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 198, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.84, -0.34, 55.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.84, 55.38, 90.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.48% -0.0041 0.1283) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.48% 0.128 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1719, 58.1881, 18.9129) |
| Luminance | 0.5818 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.41
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.69
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.87
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.27
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.52
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C65E #5E7FE7
analogous
#E7815E #E7C65E #C4E75E
triadic
#E7C65E #5EE7C6 #C65EE7
tetradic
#E7C65E #5EE781 #5E7FE7 #E75EC4
square
#E7C65E #5EE781 #5E7FE7 #E75EC4
split-complementary
#E7C65E #5EC4E7 #815EE7
monochromatic
#B08C1A #DFB329 #E7C65E #EFD993 #F7ECC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E7C65E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.64
#E7C65E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C65E
12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C65E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C65E | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.64 | 12.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C353
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B8AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c65e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d78f',
500: '#e7c65e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c65e; $custom-light: #f2d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c65e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 198,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.547,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83483,
"c": 0.12831,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.58185
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C65E
secondary
#3855B1
accent
#3FD60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F