#E7C453#E7C453

#E7C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C453
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -0.02, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 59.63, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0045 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.136 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2589, 57.0963, 16.3447)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C453 #5376E7

analogous

#E77A53 #E7C453 #C0E753

triadic

#E7C453 #53E7C4 #C453E7

tetradic

#E7C453 #53E77A #5376E7 #E753C0

square

#E7C453 #53E77A #5376E7 #E753C0

split-complementary

#E7C453 #53C0E7 #7A53E7

monochromatic

#A88617 #DEB11F #E7C453 #EED689 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E7C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C453

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C453	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d588',
    500: '#e7c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c453;
$custom-light: #f2d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82969,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C453

secondary

#3450AA

accent

#3ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C453

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

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