#E7CA48#E7CA48

#E7CA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.148 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA48
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -3.73, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 65.81, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0164 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.148 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2479, 59.7007, 14.7430)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA48 #4865E7

analogous

#E77B48 #E7CA48 #B4E748

triadic

#E7CA48 #48E7CA #CA48E7

tetradic

#E7CA48 #48E77B #4865E7 #E748B4

square

#E7CA48 #48E77B #4865E7 #E748B4

split-complementary

#E7CA48 #48B4E7 #7B48E7

monochromatic

#A08615 #D6B41C #E7CA48 #EEDA7E #F5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E7CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA48

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA48	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.148 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d982',
    500: '#e7ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca48;
$custom-light: #f2d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.057,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84081,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA48

secondary

#3146A2

accent

#57F334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA48

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

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