#E7C951#E7C951

#E7C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C951
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -2.72, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 61.89, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0125 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3294, 59.3591, 16.3261)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C951 #516FE7

analogous

#E77E51 #E7C951 #BAE751

triadic

#E7C951 #51E7C9 #C951E7

tetradic

#E7C951 #51E77E #516FE7 #E751BA

square

#E7C951 #51E77E #516FE7 #E751BA

split-complementary

#E7C951 #51BAE7 #7E51E7

monochromatic

#A78A17 #DCB61E #E7C951 #EEDA87 #F6EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E7C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E7C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C951

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C951	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)

#DDC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d987',
    500: '#e7c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c951;
$custom-light: #f2d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83955,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C951

secondary

#344BA8

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C951

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

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