#E7C449#E7C449

#E7C449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C449
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -0.59, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 63.75, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0073 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.143 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9003, 56.9528, 14.4560)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C449 #496CE7

analogous

#E77549 #E7C449 #BBE749

triadic

#E7C449 #49E7C4 #C449E7

tetradic

#E7C449 #49E775 #496CE7 #E749BB

square

#E7C449 #49E775 #496CE7 #E749BB

split-complementary

#E7C449 #49BBE7 #7549E7

monochromatic

#A08215 #D7AD1C #E7C449 #EED67F #F5E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E7C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C449

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C449	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d582',
    500: '#e7c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c449;
$custom-light: #f3d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82879,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C449

secondary

#314AA3

accent

#5FF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C449

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

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