#E7C865#E7C865
#E7C865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.124 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C865 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.42, -0.86, 52.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.42, 52.80, 90.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.96% -0.0047 0.1235) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.96% 0.124 92.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9606, 59.2398, 20.7962) |
| Luminance | 0.5924 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.82
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.73
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.85
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.55
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C865 #6584E7
analogous
#E78765 #E7C865 #C5E765
triadic
#E7C865 #65E7C8 #C865E7
tetradic
#E7C865 #65E787 #6584E7 #E765C5
square
#E7C865 #65E787 #6584E7 #E765C5
split-complementary
#E7C865 #65C5E7 #8765E7
monochromatic
#B5911C #DFB530 #E7C865 #EFDB9A #F8EECF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E7C865 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.85
#E7C865 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C865
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C865 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C865 | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.85 | 12.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC55C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE69
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c865; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.124 92.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d894',
500: '#e7c865',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c865; $custom-light: #f1d894; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c865",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.692,
"s": 73.034,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83964,
"c": 0.12357,
"h": 92.2
},
"luminance": 0.59237
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C865
secondary
#3B58B5
accent
#3FD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F