#E7C044#E7C044

#E7C044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.144 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C044
RGB	rgb(231, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, 1.23, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 64.70, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0026 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.144 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8509, 55.1087, 13.3210)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C044 #446BE7

analogous

#E76E44 #E7C044 #BCE744

triadic

#E7C044 #44E7C0 #C044E7

tetradic

#E7C044 #44E76E #446BE7 #E744BC

square

#E7C044 #44E76E #446BE7 #E744BC

split-complementary

#E7C044 #44BCE7 #6E44E7

monochromatic

#9D7C14 #D3A71B #E7C044 #EED27A #F5E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E7C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E7C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C044

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C044	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d27f',
    500: '#e7c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c044;
$custom-light: #f3d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 77.251,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8204,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C044

secondary

#304AA0

accent

#62F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C044

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

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