#E7BD3B#E7BD3B

#E7BD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.148 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BD3B
RGB	rgb(231, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 74.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, 2.38, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 67.34, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0003 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.148 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9450, 53.7032, 11.7666)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BD3B #3B65E7

analogous

#E7673B #E7BD3B #BBE73B

triadic

#E7BD3B #3BE7BD #BD3BE7

tetradic

#E7BD3B #3BE767 #3B65E7 #E73BBB

square

#E7BD3B #3BE767 #3B65E7 #E73BBB

split-complementary

#E7BD3B #3BBBE7 #673BE7

monochromatic

#957512 #CCA019 #E7BD3B #EECF72 #F4E2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E7BD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#E7BD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BD3B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BD3B	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.148 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d07a',
    500: '#e7bd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bd3b;
$custom-light: #f3d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.349,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81378,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BD3B

secondary

#2D4799

accent

#62F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BD3B

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

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