#E7CA60#E7CA60
#E7CA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CA60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 202, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 58.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.88, -2.26, 55.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.88, 55.69, 92.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.31% -0.0094 0.1291) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.31% 0.129 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1892, 60.0772, 19.7005) |
| Luminance | 0.6008 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.08
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.23
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.36
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.17
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.76
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CA60 #607DE7
analogous
#E78760 #E7CA60 #C1E760
triadic
#E7CA60 #60E7CA #CA60E7
tetradic
#E7CA60 #60E787 #607DE7 #E760C1
square
#E7CA60 #60E787 #607DE7 #E760C1
split-complementary
#E7CA60 #60C1E7 #8760E7
monochromatic
#B2911B #DFB82B #E7CA60 #EFDC95 #F7EDCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E7CA60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.02
#E7CA60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CA60
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CA60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CA60 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.02 | 13.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC655
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ca60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.129 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d990',
500: '#e7ca60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ca60; $custom-light: #f2d990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ca60",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 202,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.111,
"s": 73.77,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84308,
"c": 0.12939,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.60075
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CA60
secondary
#3953B2
accent
#3AD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F