#E7C552#E7C552

#E7C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C552
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -0.60, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 60.33, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0063 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4469, 57.5336, 16.2183)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C552 #5274E7

analogous

#E77B52 #E7C552 #BFE752

triadic

#E7C552 #52E7C5 #C552E7

tetradic

#E7C552 #52E77B #5274E7 #E752BF

square

#E7C552 #52E77B #5274E7 #E752BF

split-complementary

#E7C552 #52BFE7 #7B52E7

monochromatic

#A78617 #DDB21F #E7C552 #EED788 #F6E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E7C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C552

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C552	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d687',
    500: '#e7c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c552;
$custom-light: #f2d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8316,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C552

secondary

#344FA9

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C552

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

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