#E7C960#E7C960

#E7C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C960
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 58.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -1.74, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 55.38, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0079 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9553, 59.6095, 19.6225)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C960 #607EE7

analogous

#E78660 #E7C960 #C1E760

triadic

#E7C960 #60E7C9 #C960E7

tetradic

#E7C960 #60E786 #607EE7 #E760C1

square

#E7C960 #60E786 #607EE7 #E760C1

split-complementary

#E7C960 #60C1E7 #8660E7

monochromatic

#B2901B #DFB72B #E7C960 #EFDB95 #F7EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E7C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E7C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C960

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C960	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d990',
    500: '#e7c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c960;
$custom-light: #f2d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84107,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C960

secondary

#3954B2

accent

#3CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C960

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

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