#E7C849#E7C849

#E7C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C849
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -2.65, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 64.85, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0132 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8146, 58.7814, 14.7608)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C849 #4968E7

analogous

#E77949 #E7C849 #B7E749

triadic

#E7C849 #49E7C8 #C849E7

tetradic

#E7C849 #49E779 #4968E7 #E749B7

square

#E7C849 #49E779 #4968E7 #E749B7

split-complementary

#E7C849 #49B7E7 #7949E7

monochromatic

#A08515 #D7B21C #E7C849 #EED87F #F5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E7C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E7C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C849

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C849	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d882',
    500: '#e7c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c849;
$custom-light: #f2d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83684,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C849

secondary

#3147A3

accent

#5AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C849

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

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