#E7C660#E7C660
#E7C660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C660 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 198, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.86, -0.20, 54.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.86, 54.48, 90.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.51% -0.0034 0.1266) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.51% 0.127 91.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2628, 58.2245, 19.3917) |
| Luminance | 0.5822 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.50
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.59
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.97
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.22
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.46
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C660 #6081E7
analogous
#E78360 #E7C660 #C5E760
triadic
#E7C660 #60E7C6 #C660E7
tetradic
#E7C660 #60E783 #6081E7 #E760C5
square
#E7C660 #60E783 #6081E7 #E760C5
split-complementary
#E7C660 #60C5E7 #8360E7
monochromatic
#B28D1B #DFB32B #E7C660 #EFD995 #F7ECCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E7C660 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.64
#E7C660 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C660
12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C660 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C660 | 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)
#D9C356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B8AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c660; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 91.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d790',
500: '#e7c660',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c660; $custom-light: #f2d790; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c660",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 198,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.333,
"s": 73.77,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83505,
"c": 0.12661,
"h": 91.5
},
"luminance": 0.58222
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C660
secondary
#3957B2
accent
#40D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F