#E7C848#E7C848

#E7C848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C848
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -2.71, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 65.24, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0135 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.146 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7817, 58.7683, 14.5876)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C848 #4867E7

analogous

#E77948 #E7C848 #B7E748

triadic

#E7C848 #48E7C8 #C848E7

tetradic

#E7C848 #48E779 #4867E7 #E748B7

square

#E7C848 #48E779 #4867E7 #E748B7

split-complementary

#E7C848 #48B7E7 #7948E7

monochromatic

#A08515 #D6B21C #E7C848 #EED87E #F5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E7C848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E7C848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C848

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C848	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d882',
    500: '#e7c848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c848;
$custom-light: #f3d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.302,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C848

secondary

#3147A2

accent

#5AF334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C848

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

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