#E7C851#E7C851

#E7C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C851
RGB	rgb(231, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -2.21, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 61.60, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.011 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0971, 58.8944, 16.2486)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C851 #5170E7

analogous

#E77D51 #E7C851 #BBE751

triadic

#E7C851 #51E7C8 #C851E7

tetradic

#E7C851 #51E77D #5170E7 #E751BB

square

#E7C851 #51E77D #5170E7 #E751BB

split-complementary

#E7C851 #51BBE7 #7D51E7

monochromatic

#A78917 #DCB51E #E7C851 #EED987 #F6EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E7C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E7C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C851

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C851	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d887',
    500: '#e7c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c851;
$custom-light: #f2d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83753,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C851

secondary

#344CA8

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C851

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

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