#E7C24A#E7C24A

#E7C24A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C24A
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, 0.50, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 62.83, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.004 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4856, 56.0700, 14.4826)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C24A #4A6FE7

analogous

#E7744A #E7C24A #BDE74A

triadic

#E7C24A #4AE7C2 #C24AE7

tetradic

#E7C24A #4AE774 #4A6FE7 #E74ABD

square

#E7C24A #4AE774 #4A6FE7 #E74ABD

split-complementary

#E7C24A #4ABDE7 #744AE7

monochromatic

#A18015 #D7AB1D #E7C24A #EED480 #F5E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E7C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E7C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C24A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C24A	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)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d482',
    500: '#e7c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c24a;
$custom-light: #f3d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82488,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C24A

secondary

#314CA4

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C24A

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

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