#C7A230#C7A230

#C7A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A230
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 2.33, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 60.63, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0001 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(37.0092, 38.1985, 8.2195)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A230 #3055C7

analogous

#C75630 #C7A230 #A0C730

triadic

#C7A230 #30C7A2 #A230C7

tetradic

#C7A230 #30C756 #3055C7 #C730A0

square

#C7A230 #30C756 #3055C7 #C730A0

split-complementary

#C7A230 #30A0C7 #5630C7

monochromatic

#645218 #967A24 #C7A230 #D8BA5C #E4CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C7A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C7A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A230

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A230	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd71',
    500: '#c7a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a230;
$custom-light: #dcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A230

secondary

#8597CE

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A230

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

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