#E7C438#E7C438

#E7C438 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.154 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C438
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -1.37, 70.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 70.03, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0113 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.154 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4117, 56.7574, 11.8826)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C438 #385BE7

analogous

#E76D38 #E7C438 #B3E738

triadic

#E7C438 #38E7C4 #C438E7

tetradic

#E7C438 #38E76D #385BE7 #E738B3

square

#E7C438 #38E76D #385BE7 #E738B3

split-complementary

#E7C438 #38B3E7 #6D38E7

monochromatic

#937912 #CAA618 #E7C438 #EED46F #F4E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E7C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E7C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C438

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C438	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.154 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d579',
    500: '#e7c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c438;
$custom-light: #f3d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82757,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C438

secondary

#2C4197

accent

#5AF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C438

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

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