#E7CC79#E7CC79

#E7CC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.107 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CC79
RGB	rgb(231, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -1.23, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 44.64, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0036 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.107 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0009, 61.5576, 26.9121)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CC79 #7994E7

analogous

#E79579 #E7CC79 #CBE779

triadic

#E7CC79 #79E7CC #CC79E7

tetradic

#E7CC79 #79E795 #7994E7 #E779CB

square

#E7CC79 #79E795 #7994E7 #E779CB

split-complementary

#E7CC79 #79CBE7 #9579E7

monochromatic

#C39B23 #DEB845 #E7CC79 #F0E0AD #FAF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E7CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E7CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CC79

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CC79	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.107 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dba1',
    500: '#e7cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7cc79;
$custom-light: #f1dba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85031,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CC79

secondary

#4563BF

accent

#42D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CC79

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

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