#E7C244#E7C244

#E7C244 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.145 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C244
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 0.19, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 65.19, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0056 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.145 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2930, 55.9930, 13.4684)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C244 #4469E7

analogous

#E77044 #E7C244 #BBE744

triadic

#E7C244 #44E7C2 #C244E7

tetradic

#E7C244 #44E770 #4469E7 #E744BB

square

#E7C244 #44E770 #4469E7 #E744BB

split-complementary

#E7C244 #44BBE7 #7044E7

monochromatic

#9D7E14 #D3A91B #E7C244 #EED47A #F5E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E7C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E7C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C244

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C244	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.145 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d47f',
    500: '#e7c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c244;
$custom-light: #f3d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 77.251,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C244

secondary

#3049A0

accent

#60F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C244

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

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