#E7C862#E7C862

#E7C862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.126 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C862
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -1.08, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 54.17, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0058 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.126 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8162, 59.1821, 20.0362)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C862 #6281E7

analogous

#E78662 #E7C862 #C4E762

triadic

#E7C862 #62E7C8 #C862E7

tetradic

#E7C862 #62E786 #6281E7 #E762C4

square

#E7C862 #62E786 #6281E7 #E762C4

split-complementary

#E7C862 #62C4E7 #8662E7

monochromatic

#B3901B #DFB52D #E7C862 #EFDB97 #F7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E7C862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C862

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C862	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.126 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d892',
    500: '#e7c862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c862;
$custom-light: #f1d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83929,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C862

secondary

#3A56B4

accent

#3ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C862

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

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