#E7C662#E7C662

#E7C662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C662
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -0.05, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 53.57, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0028 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3561, 58.2618, 19.8828)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C662 #6283E7

analogous

#E78462 #E7C662 #C5E762

triadic

#E7C662 #62E7C6 #C662E7

tetradic

#E7C662 #62E784 #6283E7 #E762C5

square

#E7C662 #62E784 #6283E7 #E762C5

split-complementary

#E7C662 #62C5E7 #8462E7

monochromatic

#B38E1B #DFB32D #E7C662 #EFD997 #F7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E7C662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C662

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C662	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)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.125 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d792',
    500: '#e7c662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c662;
$custom-light: #f1d792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83528,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C662

secondary

#3A58B4

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C662

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

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