#C7A226#C7A226

#C7A226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A226
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 1.95, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 63.98, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0019 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.138 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8256, 38.1251, 7.2526)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A226 #264BC7

analogous

#C75226 #C7A226 #9CC726

triadic

#C7A226 #26C7A2 #A226C7

tetradic

#C7A226 #26C752 #264BC7 #C7269C

square

#C7A226 #26C752 #264BC7 #C7269C

split-complementary

#C7A226 #269CC7 #5226C7

monochromatic

#604E12 #94781C #C7A226 #DDBC4D #E7CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C7A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C7A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A226

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A226	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B5A003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd6c',
    500: '#c7a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a226;
$custom-light: #ddbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A226

secondary

#798DCF

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A226

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

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