Information about #E7C964 color

#E7C964 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E7C964 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(231, 201, 100) — 90.6% red, 78.8% green, 39.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 51 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #E7C964 reads as a vivid, lively sunny yellow and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pastel Deep Gold (#E5C768). Slightly further away sit Golden Sand (#EACE6A) and Soft Gold (#E0CD67).

The recipe behind #E7C964 is rgb(231, 201, 100), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E7C964: 12.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. No one has named #E7C964 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#E7C964 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E7C964 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E7C964

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Soft Gold color link
Soft Gold

#E0CD67

Bardot color link
Bardot

#F3C762

Warm Sun color link
Warm Sun

#F1CD6C

Chenin color link
Chenin

#DEC371

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Sand color link
Sand

#E2CA76

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E7C964
  • RGB231, 201, 100
  • CMYK0, 12, 51, 9
  • CSSrgb(231, 201, 100)
  • HSL46°, 73%, 65%
  • HSL Precise46.26°, 73.184%, 64.902%
  • HSV46°, 57%, 91%
  • HSB46°, 57%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.392
  • GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.788, 0.392)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.788, 0.392, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.788, 0.392)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE7C964
  • DECIMAL ID15190372
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01