#E7C953#E7C953

#E7C953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7C953
RGB	rgb(231, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -2.60, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 61.05, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0119 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4055, 59.3896, 16.7269)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7C953 #5371E7

analogous

#E77F53 #E7C953 #BBE753

triadic

#E7C953 #53E7C9 #C953E7

tetradic

#E7C953 #53E77F #5371E7 #E753BB

square

#E7C953 #53E77F #5371E7 #E753BB

split-complementary

#E7C953 #53BBE7 #7F53E7

monochromatic

#A88B17 #DEB71F #E7C953 #EEDA89 #F6EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E7C953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E7C953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7C953

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7C953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7C953	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7c953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d988',
    500: '#e7c953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7c953;
$custom-light: #f2d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7c953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83973,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7C953

secondary

#344CAA

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7C953

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

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