#E7C866#E7C866
#E7C866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.123 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C866 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 55.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.43, -0.78, 52.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.43, 52.34, 90.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.98% -0.0044 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.98% 0.123 92.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0098, 59.2595, 21.0558) |
| Luminance | 0.5926 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.72
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.93
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.54
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C866 #6685E7
analogous
#E78766 #E7C866 #C6E766
triadic
#E7C866 #66E7C8 #C866E7
tetradic
#E7C866 #66E787 #6685E7 #E766C6
square
#E7C866 #66E787 #6685E7 #E766C6
split-complementary
#E7C866 #66C6E7 #8766E7
monochromatic
#B6911D #DFB531 #E7C866 #EFDB9B #F8EED0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E7C866 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.85
#E7C866 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C866
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C866 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C866 | 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)
#DAC55D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c866; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.123 92.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d894',
500: '#e7c866',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c866; $custom-light: #f1d894; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c866",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.581,
"s": 72.881,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83976,
"c": 0.12267,
"h": 92.1
},
"luminance": 0.59257
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C866
secondary
#3B59B6
accent
#40D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F