#E7CE66#E7CE66
#E7CE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.127 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7CE66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 206, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 55.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.96, -3.87, 54.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.96, 54.25, 94.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.18% -0.0133 0.1264) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.18% 0.127 96) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4268, 62.0934, 21.5281) |
| Luminance | 0.6209 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.06
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.08
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.34
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.67
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.26
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7CE66 #667FE7
analogous
#E78D66 #E7CE66 #BFE766
triadic
#E7CE66 #66E7CE #CE66E7
tetradic
#E7CE66 #66E78D #667FE7 #E766BF
square
#E7CE66 #66E78D #667FE7 #E766BF
split-complementary
#E7CE66 #66BFE7 #8D66E7
monochromatic
#B6981D #DFBD31 #E7CE66 #EFDF9B #F8F0D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E7CE66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.42
#E7CE66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7CE66
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7CE66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7CE66 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.42 | 13.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D26B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7ce66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 206, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.127 96.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc95',
500: '#e7ce66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7ce66; $custom-light: #f1dc95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7ce66",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 206,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.372,
"s": 72.881,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85184,
"c": 0.12714,
"h": 96
},
"luminance": 0.62091
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7CE66
secondary
#3B53B6
accent
#37D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F