#E7C749#E7C749

#E7C749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C749
RGB	rgb(231, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -2.14, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 64.57, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0117 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.145 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5837, 58.3197, 14.6838)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C749 #4969E7

analogous

#E77849 #E7C749 #B8E749

triadic

#E7C749 #49E7C7 #C749E7

tetradic

#E7C749 #49E778 #4969E7 #E749B8

square

#E7C749 #49E778 #4969E7 #E749B8

split-complementary

#E7C749 #49B8E7 #7849E7

monochromatic

#A08415 #D7B11C #E7C749 #EED87F #F5E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E7C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C749

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C749	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d782',
    500: '#e7c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c749;
$custom-light: #f2d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83482,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C749

secondary

#3148A3

accent

#5BF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C749

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

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