#E7C346#E7C346
#E7C346 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.145 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C346 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 195, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 77%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 70%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.88, -0.23, 64.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.88, 64.67, 90.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.66% -0.0066 0.1444) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.66% 0.145 92.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5784, 56.4644, 13.8698) |
| Luminance | 0.5646 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.13
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.91
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.36
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.58
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.84
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C346 #466AE7
analogous
#E77346 #E7C346 #BBE746
triadic
#E7C346 #46E7C3 #C346E7
tetradic
#E7C346 #46E773 #466AE7 #E746BB
square
#E7C346 #46E773 #466AE7 #E746BB
split-complementary
#E7C346 #46BBE7 #7346E7
monochromatic
#9E7F15 #D4AB1C #E7C346 #EED57C #F5E6B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#E7C346 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.29
#E7C346 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C346
12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C346 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C346 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.29 | 12.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C035
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CA4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B4AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c346; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 195, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.145 92.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d480',
500: '#e7c346',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c346; $custom-light: #f3d480; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c346",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 195,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.584,
"s": 77.033,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82655,
"c": 0.14458,
"h": 92.6
},
"luminance": 0.56461
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C346
secondary
#3049A1
accent
#5FF434
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E