#E7BC3B#E7BC3B

#E7BC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.147 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BC3B
RGB	rgb(231, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 74.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 2.90, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 67.12, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% 0.0012 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.147 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7307, 53.2744, 11.6951)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BC3B #3B66E7

analogous

#E7663B #E7BC3B #BCE73B

triadic

#E7BC3B #3BE7BC #BC3BE7

tetradic

#E7BC3B #3BE766 #3B66E7 #E73BBC

square

#E7BC3B #3BE766 #3B66E7 #E73BBC

split-complementary

#E7BC3B #3BBCE7 #663BE7

monochromatic

#957512 #CC9F19 #E7BC3B #EECF72 #F4E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E7BC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#E7BC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BC3B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BC3B	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.147 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf7a',
    500: '#e7bc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bc3b;
$custom-light: #f3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81179,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BC3B

secondary

#2D4899

accent

#64F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BC3B

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

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