#E7BF38#E7BF38

#E7BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.151 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7BF38
RGB	rgb(231, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, 1.22, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 68.84, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.004 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.151 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3026, 54.5393, 11.5129)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7BF38 #3860E7

analogous

#E76838 #E7BF38 #B7E738

triadic

#E7BF38 #38E7BF #BF38E7

tetradic

#E7BF38 #38E768 #3860E7 #E738B7

square

#E7BF38 #38E768 #3860E7 #E738B7

split-complementary

#E7BF38 #38B7E7 #6838E7

monochromatic

#937512 #CAA118 #E7BF38 #EED16F #F4E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E7BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E7BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7BF38

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7BF38	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.151 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d178',
    500: '#e7bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7bf38;
$custom-light: #f3d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81756,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7BF38

secondary

#2C4497

accent

#5FF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7BF38

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

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