#E7C96C#E7C96C

#E7C96C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C96C
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 53.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -0.82, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 49.86, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0038 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5506, 59.8476, 22.7575)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C96C #6C8AE7

analogous

#E78C6C #E7C96C #C8E76C

triadic

#E7C96C #6CE7C9 #C96CE7

tetradic

#E7C96C #6CE78C #6C8AE7 #E76CC8

square

#E7C96C #6CE78C #6C8AE7 #E76CC8

split-complementary

#E7C96C #6CC8E7 #8C6CE7

monochromatic

#BA941E #DEB637 #E7C96C #F0DCA1 #F8F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7C96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E7C96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C96C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C96C	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d998',
    500: '#e7c96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c96c;
$custom-light: #f1d998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84251,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C96C

secondary

#3D5CBA

accent

#41D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C96C

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

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