#E7C661#E7C661

#E7C661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.126 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C661
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -0.12, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 54.03, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0031 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.126 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3092, 58.2430, 19.6357)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C661 #6182E7

analogous

#E78361 #E7C661 #C5E761

triadic

#E7C661 #61E7C6 #C661E7

tetradic

#E7C661 #61E783 #6182E7 #E761C5

square

#E7C661 #61E783 #6182E7 #E761C5

split-complementary

#E7C661 #61C5E7 #8361E7

monochromatic

#B28D1B #DFB32C #E7C661 #EFD996 #F7ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E7C661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C661

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C661	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.126 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d791',
    500: '#e7c661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c661;
$custom-light: #f2d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83517,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C661

secondary

#3957B3

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C661

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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