#E7C338#E7C338

#E7C338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.153 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C338
RGB	rgb(231, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -0.86, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 69.78, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0099 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.153 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1869, 56.3078, 11.8077)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C338 #385CE7

analogous

#E76C38 #E7C338 #B4E738

triadic

#E7C338 #38E7C3 #C338E7

tetradic

#E7C338 #38E76C #385CE7 #E738B4

square

#E7C338 #38E76C #385CE7 #E738B4

split-complementary

#E7C338 #38B4E7 #6C38E7

monochromatic

#937812 #CAA518 #E7C338 #EED36F #F4E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E7C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E7C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C338

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C338	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.153 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d479',
    500: '#e7c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c338;
$custom-light: #f3d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.657,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82556,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C338

secondary

#2C4297

accent

#5BF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C338

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

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