#E7C549#E7C549

#E7C549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.144 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C549
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -1.11, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 64.02, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0088 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.144 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1266, 57.4055, 14.5314)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C549 #496BE7

analogous

#E77649 #E7C549 #BAE749

triadic

#E7C549 #49E7C5 #C549E7

tetradic

#E7C549 #49E776 #496BE7 #E749BA

square

#E7C549 #49E776 #496BE7 #E749BA

split-complementary

#E7C549 #49BAE7 #7649E7

monochromatic

#A08215 #D7AE1C #E7C549 #EED67F #F5E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E7C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C549

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C549	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.144 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d682',
    500: '#e7c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c549;
$custom-light: #f3d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C549

secondary

#314AA3

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C549

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

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