#E7C553#E7C553

#E7C553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C553
RGB	rgb(231, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -0.54, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 59.90, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.006 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.137 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4852, 57.5489, 16.4201)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C553 #5375E7

analogous

#E77B53 #E7C553 #BFE753

triadic

#E7C553 #53E7C5 #C553E7

tetradic

#E7C553 #53E77B #5375E7 #E753BF

square

#E7C553 #53E77B #5375E7 #E753BF

split-complementary

#E7C553 #53BFE7 #7B53E7

monochromatic

#A88717 #DEB21F #E7C553 #EED789 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E7C553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E7C553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C553

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C553	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)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d688',
    500: '#e7c553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c553;
$custom-light: #f2d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83169,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C553

secondary

#344FAA

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C553

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

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