#E7CA4B#E7CA4B

#E7CA4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA4B
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -3.57, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 64.63, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0156 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.146 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3482, 59.7408, 15.2710)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA4B #4B68E7

analogous

#E77C4B #E7CA4B #B6E74B

triadic

#E7CA4B #4BE7CA #CA4BE7

tetradic

#E7CA4B #4BE77C #4B68E7 #E74BB6

square

#E7CA4B #4BE77C #4B68E7 #E74BB6

split-complementary

#E7CA4B #4BB6E7 #7C4BE7

monochromatic

#A28816 #D8B51D #E7CA4B #EEDA81 #F5EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E7CA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA4B

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA4B	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d984',
    500: '#e7ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca4b;
$custom-light: #f2d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84105,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA4B

secondary

#3247A4

accent

#58F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA4B

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

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