#E7C651#E7C651

#E7C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C651
RGB	rgb(231, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -1.18, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 61.03, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.008 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.139 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6369, 57.9741, 16.0952)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C651 #5172E7

analogous

#E77B51 #E7C651 #BDE751

triadic

#E7C651 #51E7C6 #C651E7

tetradic

#E7C651 #51E77B #5172E7 #E751BD

square

#E7C651 #51E77B #5172E7 #E751BD

split-complementary

#E7C651 #51BDE7 #7B51E7

monochromatic

#A78717 #DCB31E #E7C651 #EED887 #F6E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E7C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E7C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C651

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C651	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d787',
    500: '#e7c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c651;
$custom-light: #f2d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C651

secondary

#344DA8

accent

#3AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C651

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

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