#E7C962#E7C962

#E7C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.127 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C962
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -1.60, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 54.47, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0072 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.127 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0486, 59.6468, 20.1136)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C962 #6280E7

analogous

#E78762 #E7C962 #C3E762

triadic

#E7C962 #62E7C9 #C962E7

tetradic

#E7C962 #62E787 #6280E7 #E762C3

square

#E7C962 #62E787 #6280E7 #E762C3

split-complementary

#E7C962 #62C3E7 #8762E7

monochromatic

#B3911B #DFB72D #E7C962 #EFDB97 #F7EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E7C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C962

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C962	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.127 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d992',
    500: '#e7c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c962;
$custom-light: #f1d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C962

secondary

#3A55B4

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C962

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

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