#E7C762#E7C762
#E7C762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C762 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 199, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.14, -0.57, 53.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.14, 53.87, 90.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.73% -0.0043 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.73% 0.126 91.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.5854, 58.7204, 19.9592) |
| Luminance | 0.5872 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.21
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.59
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.86
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.89
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.20
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C762 #6282E7
analogous
#E78562 #E7C762 #C5E762
triadic
#E7C762 #62E7C7 #C762E7
tetradic
#E7C762 #62E785 #6282E7 #E762C5
square
#E7C762 #62E785 #6282E7 #E762C5
split-complementary
#E7C762 #62C5E7 #8562E7
monochromatic
#B38F1B #DFB42D #E7C762 #EFDA97 #F7EDCC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E7C762 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.74
#E7C762 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C762
12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C762 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C762 | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.74 | 12.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD66
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c762; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 91.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d792',
500: '#e7c762',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c762; $custom-light: #f1d792; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c762",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 199,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.564,
"s": 73.481,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83728,
"c": 0.12554,
"h": 91.9
},
"luminance": 0.58718
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C762
secondary
#3A57B4
accent
#3FD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F