#E7C252#E7C252

#E7C252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.135 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C252
RGB	rgb(231, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, 0.95, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 59.51, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0018 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.135 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7725, 56.1847, 15.9934)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C252 #5277E7

analogous

#E77852 #E7C252 #C2E752

triadic

#E7C252 #52E7C2 #C252E7

tetradic

#E7C252 #52E778 #5277E7 #E752C2

square

#E7C252 #52E778 #5277E7 #E752C2

split-complementary

#E7C252 #52C2E7 #7852E7

monochromatic

#A78417 #DDAE1F #E7C252 #EED588 #F6E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E7C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E7C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C252

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C252	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.135 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d487',
    500: '#e7c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c252;
$custom-light: #f2d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8256,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C252

secondary

#3451A9

accent

#40D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C252

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

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