#E7C138#E7C138

#E7C138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C138
RGB	rgb(231, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, 0.18, 69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 69.31, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0069 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.152 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7418, 55.4176, 11.6593)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C138 #385EE7

analogous

#E76A38 #E7C138 #B6E738

triadic

#E7C138 #38E7C1 #C138E7

tetradic

#E7C138 #38E76A #385EE7 #E738B6

square

#E7C138 #38E76A #385EE7 #E738B6

split-complementary

#E7C138 #38B6E7 #6A38E7

monochromatic

#937712 #CAA318 #E7C138 #EED26F #F4E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E7C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E7C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C138

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C138	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d379',
    500: '#e7c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c138;
$custom-light: #f3d379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.971,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82155,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C138

secondary

#2C4397

accent

#5DF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C138

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

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