#E7C148#E7C148
#E7C148 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.142 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C148 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 193, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 77%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.39, 0.91, 63.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.39, 63.38, 89.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.27% -0.0031 0.142) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.27% 0.142 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.1975, 55.5998, 14.0595) |
| Luminance | 0.5560 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.58
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.61
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.78
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.07
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C148 #486EE7
analogous
#E77148 #E7C148 #BEE748
triadic
#E7C148 #48E7C1 #C148E7
tetradic
#E7C148 #48E771 #486EE7 #E748BE
square
#E7C148 #48E771 #486EE7 #E748BE
split-complementary
#E7C148 #48BEE7 #7148E7
monochromatic
#A07F15 #D6A91C #E7C148 #EED37E #F5E6B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E7C148 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.12
#E7C148 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C148
12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C148 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C148 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.12 | 12.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFC94E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B2A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c148; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 193, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.142 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d381',
500: '#e7c148',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c148; $custom-light: #f3d381; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c148",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 193,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.66,
"s": 76.812,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82271,
"c": 0.14205,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.55597
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C148
secondary
#314CA2
accent
#62F334
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E