#E7C046#E7C046

#E7C046 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C046
RGB	rgb(231, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 69.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, 1.33, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 63.92, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0021 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.143 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9130, 55.1335, 13.6480)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C046 #466DE7

analogous

#E77046 #E7C046 #BDE746

triadic

#E7C046 #46E7C0 #C046E7

tetradic

#E7C046 #46E770 #466DE7 #E746BD

square

#E7C046 #46E770 #466DE7 #E746BD

split-complementary

#E7C046 #46BDE7 #7046E7

monochromatic

#9E7D15 #D4A81C #E7C046 #EED27C #F5E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E7C046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E7C046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C046

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C046	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d280',
    500: '#e7c046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c046;
$custom-light: #f3d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 77.033,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82055,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C046

secondary

#304CA1

accent

#63F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C046

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

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