#E7C348#E7C348
#E7C348 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.143 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7C348 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 195, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 77%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.89, -0.13, 63.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.89, 63.89, 90.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.67% -0.0061 0.1431) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.67% 0.143 92.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.6426, 56.4901, 14.2079) |
| Luminance | 0.5649 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.12
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.96
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.32
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.70
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.98
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7C348 #486CE7
analogous
#E77448 #E7C348 #BCE748
triadic
#E7C348 #48E7C3 #C348E7
tetradic
#E7C348 #48E774 #486CE7 #E748BC
square
#E7C348 #48E774 #486CE7 #E748BC
split-complementary
#E7C348 #48BCE7 #7448E7
monochromatic
#A08015 #D6AC1C #E7C348 #EED57E #F5E6B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#E7C348 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.30
#E7C348 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7C348
12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7C348 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7C348 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.30 | 12.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C037
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B4AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7c348; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 195, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.143 92.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d481',
500: '#e7c348',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7c348; $custom-light: #f3d481; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7c348",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 195,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.415,
"s": 76.812,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82671,
"c": 0.14325,
"h": 92.4
},
"luminance": 0.56487
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7C348
secondary
#314BA2
accent
#60F334
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E