#E7C457#E7C457

#E7C457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C457
RGB	rgb(231, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 0.23, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 57.91, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0033 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.133 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4178, 57.1598, 17.1816)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C457 #577AE7

analogous

#E77C57 #E7C457 #C2E757

triadic

#E7C457 #57E7C4 #C457E7

tetradic

#E7C457 #57E77C #577AE7 #E757C2

square

#E7C457 #57E77C #577AE7 #E757C2

split-complementary

#E7C457 #57C2E7 #7C57E7

monochromatic

#AB8718 #DFB121 #E7C457 #EFD78D #F6EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E7C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E7C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C457

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C457	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)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d58a',
    500: '#e7c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c457;
$custom-light: #f2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83009,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C457

secondary

#3653AC

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C457

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

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