#E7C550#E7C550

#E7C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.139 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C550
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -0.72, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 61.17, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0068 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.139 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3719, 57.5036, 15.8233)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C550 #5072E7

analogous

#E77950 #E7C550 #BDE750

triadic

#E7C550 #50E7C5 #C550E7

tetradic

#E7C550 #50E779 #5072E7 #E750BD

square

#E7C550 #50E779 #5072E7 #E750BD

split-complementary

#E7C550 #50BDE7 #7950E7

monochromatic

#A68617 #DCB11E #E7C550 #EED786 #F6E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E7C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C550

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C550	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.139 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d686',
    500: '#e7c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c550;
$custom-light: #f2d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83141,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C550

secondary

#334EA8

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C550

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

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