#E7C450#E7C450

#E7C450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C450
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -0.20, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 60.89, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0054 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1456, 57.0510, 15.7478)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C450 #5073E7

analogous

#E77850 #E7C450 #BEE750

triadic

#E7C450 #50E7C4 #C450E7

tetradic

#E7C450 #50E778 #5073E7 #E750BE

square

#E7C450 #50E778 #5073E7 #E750BE

split-complementary

#E7C450 #50BEE7 #7850E7

monochromatic

#A68517 #DCB01E #E7C450 #EED686 #F6E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E7C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C450

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C450	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d586',
    500: '#e7c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c450;
$custom-light: #f2d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82941,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C450

secondary

#334EA8

accent

#3CD80D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C450

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

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