#E7C94F#E7C94F

#E7C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C94F
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -2.84, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 62.72, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.013 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.142 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2555, 59.3296, 15.9369)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C94F #4F6DE7

analogous

#E77D4F #E7C94F #B9E74F

triadic

#E7C94F #4FE7C9 #C94FE7

tetradic

#E7C94F #4FE77D #4F6DE7 #E74FB9

square

#E7C94F #4FE77D #4F6DE7 #E74FB9

split-complementary

#E7C94F #4FB9E7 #7D4FE7

monochromatic

#A58917 #DBB61E #E7C94F #EEDA85 #F6EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E7C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E7C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C94F

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C94F	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d986',
    500: '#e7c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c94f;
$custom-light: #f2d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83937,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C94F

secondary

#334AA7

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C94F

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

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