#C7A231#C7A231

#C7A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A231
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 2.37, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 60.27, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0003 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.132 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0301, 38.2069, 8.3294)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A231 #3156C7

analogous

#C75731 #C7A231 #A1C731

triadic

#C7A231 #31C7A2 #A231C7

tetradic

#C7A231 #31C757 #3156C7 #C731A1

square

#C7A231 #31C757 #3156C7 #C731A1

split-complementary

#C7A231 #31A1C7 #5731C7

monochromatic

#655219 #967A25 #C7A231 #D7B95E #E3CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C7A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C7A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A231

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A231	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)

#B5A01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd71',
    500: '#c7a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a231;
$custom-light: #dcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A231

secondary

#8698CE

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A231

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

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