#E7C248#E7C248

#E7C248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C248
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 0.39, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 63.63, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0046 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4193, 56.0435, 14.1334)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C248 #486DE7

analogous

#E77348 #E7C248 #BCE748

triadic

#E7C248 #48E7C2 #C248E7

tetradic

#E7C248 #48E773 #486DE7 #E748BC

square

#E7C248 #48E773 #486DE7 #E748BC

split-complementary

#E7C248 #48BCE7 #7348E7

monochromatic

#A07F15 #D6AB1C #E7C248 #EED47E #F5E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E7C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E7C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C248

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C248	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d481',
    500: '#e7c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c248;
$custom-light: #f3d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82471,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C248

secondary

#314BA2

accent

#61F334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C248

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

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