#E7C038#E7C038

#E7C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C038
RGB	rgb(231, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, 0.70, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 69.07, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0054 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.151 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5214, 54.9769, 11.5859)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C038 #385FE7

analogous

#E76938 #E7C038 #B6E738

triadic

#E7C038 #38E7C0 #C038E7

tetradic

#E7C038 #38E769 #385FE7 #E738B6

square

#E7C038 #38E769 #385FE7 #E738B6

split-complementary

#E7C038 #38B6E7 #6938E7

monochromatic

#937612 #CAA218 #E7C038 #EED16F #F4E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E7C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E7C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C038

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C038	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d279',
    500: '#e7c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c038;
$custom-light: #f3d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.629,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C038

secondary

#2C4497

accent

#5EF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C038

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

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