#E7C969#E7C969

#E7C969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C969
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 54.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -1.07, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 51.26, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0049 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3937, 59.7848, 21.9310)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C969 #6987E7

analogous

#E78A69 #E7C969 #C6E769

triadic

#E7C969 #69E7C9 #C969E7

tetradic

#E7C969 #69E78A #6987E7 #E769C6

square

#E7C969 #69E78A #6987E7 #E769C6

split-complementary

#E7C969 #69C6E7 #8A69E7

monochromatic

#B8931D #DFB634 #E7C969 #EFDC9E #F8EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7C969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E7C969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C969

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C969	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d996',
    500: '#e7c969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c969;
$custom-light: #f1d996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84213,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C969

secondary

#3C5AB8

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C969

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

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