#E7CC61#E7CC61

#E7CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC61
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -3.21, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 55.87, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.012 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7078, 61.0404, 20.1019)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC61 #617CE7

analogous

#E78961 #E7CC61 #BFE761

triadic

#E7CC61 #61E7CC #CC61E7

tetradic

#E7CC61 #61E789 #617CE7 #E761BF

square

#E7CC61 #61E789 #617CE7 #E761BF

split-complementary

#E7CC61 #61BFE7 #8961E7

monochromatic

#B2941B #DFBB2C #E7CC61 #EFDD96 #F7EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E7CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E7CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC61

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC61	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db91',
    500: '#e7cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc61;
$custom-light: #f1db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84723,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC61

secondary

#3952B3

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC61

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

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