#E7C868#E7C868
#E7C868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.121 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C868 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 55%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.46, -0.63, 51.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.46, 51.42, 90.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84% -0.0037 0.1208) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84% 0.121 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1102, 59.2997, 21.5845) |
| Luminance | 0.5930 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.53
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.07
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.10
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.54
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C868 #6887E7
analogous
#E78868 #E7C868 #C7E768
triadic
#E7C868 #68E7C8 #C868E7
tetradic
#E7C868 #68E788 #6887E7 #E768C7
square
#E7C868 #68E788 #6887E7 #E768C7
split-complementary
#E7C868 #68C7E7 #8868E7
monochromatic
#B7921D #DFB533 #E7C868 #EFDB9D #F8EED2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E7C868 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.86
#E7C868 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C868
12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C868 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C868 | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.86 | 12.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC55F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE6C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c868; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.121 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d896',
500: '#e7c868',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c868; $custom-light: #f1d896; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c868",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.354,
"s": 72.571,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84001,
"c": 0.12085,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.59297
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C868
secondary
#3C5AB7
accent
#41D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F