#E7C246#E7C246

#E7C246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.144 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C246
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 0.29, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 64.42, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0051 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.144 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.3551, 56.0178, 13.7954)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C246 #466BE7

analogous

#E77246 #E7C246 #BCE746

triadic

#E7C246 #46E7C2 #C246E7

tetradic

#E7C246 #46E772 #466BE7 #E746BC

square

#E7C246 #46E772 #466BE7 #E746BC

split-complementary

#E7C246 #46BCE7 #7246E7

monochromatic

#9E7E15 #D4AA1C #E7C246 #EED47C #F5E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E7C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E7C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C246

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C246	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)

#D7BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.144 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d480',
    500: '#e7c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c246;
$custom-light: #f3d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 77.033,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82455,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C246

secondary

#304AA1

accent

#60F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C246

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

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