#C7A336#C7A336

#C7A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A336
RGB	rgb(199, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 2.06, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 58.62, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.13 90)
XYZ	xyz(37.3184, 38.6052, 8.9753)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A336 #365AC7

analogous

#C75A36 #C7A336 #A3C736

triadic

#C7A336 #36C7A3 #A336C7

tetradic

#C7A336 #36C75A #365AC7 #C736A3

square

#C7A336 #36C75A #365AC7 #C736A3

split-complementary

#C7A336 #36A3C7 #5A36C7

monochromatic

#67541C #977C29 #C7A336 #D5B965 #E2CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C7A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C7A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A336

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A336	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd74',
    500: '#c7a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a336;
$custom-light: #dcbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A336

secondary

#8B9CCE

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A336

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

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