#E7CA51#E7CA51

#E7CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7CA51
RGB	rgb(231, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -3.24, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 62.19, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.014 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.141 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5633, 59.8269, 16.4040)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7CA51 #516EE7

analogous

#E77F51 #E7CA51 #B9E751

triadic

#E7CA51 #51E7CA #CA51E7

tetradic

#E7CA51 #51E77F #516EE7 #E751B9

square

#E7CA51 #51E77F #516EE7 #E751B9

split-complementary

#E7CA51 #51B9E7 #7F51E7

monochromatic

#A78B17 #DCB81E #E7CA51 #EEDA87 #F6EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E7CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E7CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7CA51

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7CA51	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d987',
    500: '#e7ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ca51;
$custom-light: #f2d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84157,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7CA51

secondary

#344AA8

accent

#35D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7CA51

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

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