#E7CC72#E7CC72

#E7CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC72
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -1.86, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 47.99, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0062 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5871, 61.3921, 24.7328)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC72 #728DE7

analogous

#E79272 #E7CC72 #C7E772

triadic

#E7CC72 #72E7CC #CC72E7

tetradic

#E7CC72 #72E792 #728DE7 #E772C7

square

#E7CC72 #72E792 #728DE7 #E772C7

split-complementary

#E7CC72 #72C7E7 #9272E7

monochromatic

#BE9A20 #DEB93E #E7CC72 #F0DFA6 #F9F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E7CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC72

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC72	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db9c',
    500: '#e7cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc72;
$custom-light: #f1db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84933,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC72

secondary

#405DBD

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC72

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

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