#E7C86A#E7C86A
#E7C86A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.119 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C86A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 200, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 54.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.48, -0.47, 50.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.48, 50.49, 90.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.03% -0.003 0.119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.03% 0.119 91.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.2130, 59.3408, 22.1259) |
| Luminance | 0.5934 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.36
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.28
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.31
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.55
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.85
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C86A #6A89E7
analogous
#E7896A #E7C86A #C7E76A
triadic
#E7C86A #6AE7C8 #C86AE7
tetradic
#E7C86A #6AE789 #6A89E7 #E76AC7
square
#E7C86A #6AE789 #6A89E7 #E76AC7
split-complementary
#E7C86A #6AC7E7 #896AE7
monochromatic
#B9921E #DFB535 #E7C86A #EFDB9F #F8EFD3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E7C86A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.87
#E7C86A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C86A
12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C86A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C86A | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.87 | 12.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC561
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE6E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c86a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.119 91.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d897',
500: '#e7c86a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c86a; $custom-light: #f1d897; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c86a",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 200,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.12,
"s": 72.254,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84026,
"c": 0.11901,
"h": 91.5
},
"luminance": 0.59338
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C86A
secondary
#3D5BB9
accent
#42D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F