#C7A224#C7A224

#C7A224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A224
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 1.89, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 64.58, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0023 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.139 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7942, 38.1125, 7.0872)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A224 #2449C7

analogous

#C75024 #C7A224 #9AC724

triadic

#C7A224 #24C7A2 #A224C7

tetradic

#C7A224 #24C750 #2449C7 #C7249A

square

#C7A224 #24C750 #2449C7 #C7249A

split-complementary

#C7A224 #249AC7 #5024C7

monochromatic

#5F4E11 #93781B #C7A224 #DEBD4A #E8D07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C7A224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C7A224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A224

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A224	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd6b',
    500: '#c7a224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a224;
$custom-light: #ddbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A224

secondary

#778BD0

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A224

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

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