#E7C456#E7C456

#E7C456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C456
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 0.16, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 58.34, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0036 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.134 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3772, 57.1436, 16.9679)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C456 #5679E7

analogous

#E77B56 #E7C456 #C2E756

triadic

#E7C456 #56E7C4 #C456E7

tetradic

#E7C456 #56E77B #5679E7 #E756C2

square

#E7C456 #56E77B #5679E7 #E756C2

split-complementary

#E7C456 #56C2E7 #7B56E7

monochromatic

#AA8718 #DFB120 #E7C456 #EFD78C #F6E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E7C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C456

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C456	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d58a',
    500: '#e7c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c456;
$custom-light: #f2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82998,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C456

secondary

#3552AC

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C456

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

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