#E7C74E#E7C74E

#E7C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C74E
RGB	rgb(231, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -1.87, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 62.55, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0104 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.142 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7562, 58.3887, 15.5923)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C74E #4E6EE7

analogous

#E77A4E #E7C74E #BAE74E

triadic

#E7C74E #4EE7C7 #C74EE7

tetradic

#E7C74E #4EE77A #4E6EE7 #E74EBA

square

#E7C74E #4EE77A #4E6EE7 #E74EBA

split-complementary

#E7C74E #4EBAE7 #7A4EE7

monochromatic

#A48716 #DAB31E #E7C74E #EED884 #F6E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E7C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E7C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C74E

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C74E	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d785',
    500: '#e7c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c74e;
$custom-light: #f2d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83525,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C74E

secondary

#334BA6

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C74E

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

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