#E7C74B#E7C74B

#E7C74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C74B
RGB	rgb(231, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -2.03, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 63.77, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0112 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.144 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6511, 58.3467, 15.0387)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C74B #4B6BE7

analogous

#E7794B #E7C74B #B9E74B

triadic

#E7C74B #4BE7C7 #C74BE7

tetradic

#E7C74B #4BE779 #4B6BE7 #E74BB9

square

#E7C74B #4BE779 #4B6BE7 #E74BB9

split-complementary

#E7C74B #4BB9E7 #794BE7

monochromatic

#A28516 #D8B21D #E7C74B #EED881 #F5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E7C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C74B

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C74B	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d783',
    500: '#e7c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c74b;
$custom-light: #f2d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83499,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C74B

secondary

#3249A4

accent

#5CF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C74B

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

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