#E7C238#E7C238

#E7C238 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C238
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -0.34, 69.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 69.54, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0084 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.152 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9636, 55.8612, 11.7332)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C238 #385DE7

analogous

#E76B38 #E7C238 #B5E738

triadic

#E7C238 #38E7C2 #C238E7

tetradic

#E7C238 #38E76B #385DE7 #E738B5

square

#E7C238 #38E76B #385DE7 #E738B5

split-complementary

#E7C238 #38B5E7 #6B38E7

monochromatic

#937812 #CAA418 #E7C238 #EED36F #F4E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E7C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E7C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C238

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C238	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d479',
    500: '#e7c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c238;
$custom-light: #f3d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.314,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82356,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C238

secondary

#2C4397

accent

#5CF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C238

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

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