#E7C44A#E7C44A

#E7C44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.142 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C44A
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -0.54, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 63.35, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.007 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.142 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9337, 56.9662, 14.6320)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C44A #4A6DE7

analogous

#E7754A #E7C44A #BCE74A

triadic

#E7C44A #4AE7C4 #C44AE7

tetradic

#E7C44A #4AE775 #4A6DE7 #E74ABC

square

#E7C44A #4AE775 #4A6DE7 #E74ABC

split-complementary

#E7C44A #4ABCE7 #754AE7

monochromatic

#A18215 #D7AE1D #E7C44A #EED680 #F5E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E7C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C44A

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C44A	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)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.142 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d583',
    500: '#e7c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c44a;
$custom-light: #f2d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82888,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C44A

secondary

#314BA4

accent

#5FF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C44A

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