#E7D962#E7D962

#E7D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.140 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D962
RGB	rgb(231, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -9.74, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 59.91, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0307 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.14 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9745, 67.4987, 21.4223)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D962 #6270E7

analogous

#E79762 #E7D962 #B3E762

triadic

#E7D962 #62E7D9 #D962E7

tetradic

#E7D962 #62E797 #6270E7 #E762B3

square

#E7D962 #62E797 #6270E7 #E762B3

split-complementary

#E7D962 #62B3E7 #9762E7

monochromatic

#B3A31B #DFCC2D #E7D962 #EFE697 #F7F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E7D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E7D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D962

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D962	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.140 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e493',
    500: '#e7d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d962;
$custom-light: #f1e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87385,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D962

secondary

#3A46B4

accent

#25D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D962

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

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