#E7C96D#E7C96D

#E7C96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C96D
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 52.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -0.74, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 49.39, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0035 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6041, 59.8690, 23.0394)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C96D #6D8BE7

analogous

#E78C6D #E7C96D #C8E76D

triadic

#E7C96D #6DE7C9 #C96DE7

tetradic

#E7C96D #6DE78C #6D8BE7 #E76DC8

square

#E7C96D #6DE78C #6D8BE7 #E76DC8

split-complementary

#E7C96D #6DC8E7 #8C6DE7

monochromatic

#BB941F #DEB638 #E7C96D #F0DCA2 #F8F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E7C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C96D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C96D	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)

#DBC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d999',
    500: '#e7c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c96d;
$custom-light: #f1d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84264,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C96D

secondary

#3E5CBA

accent

#41D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C96D

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

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