#C7A337#C7A337

#C7A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A337
RGB	rgb(199, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 2.10, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.23, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0003 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.129 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3421, 38.6147, 9.1002)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A337 #375BC7

analogous

#C75B37 #C7A337 #A3C737

triadic

#C7A337 #37C7A3 #A337C7

tetradic

#C7A337 #37C75B #375BC7 #C737A3

square

#C7A337 #37C75B #375BC7 #C737A3

split-complementary

#C7A337 #37A3C7 #5B37C7

monochromatic

#67541C #977C2A #C7A337 #D5B966 #E2CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C7A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C7A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A337

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A337	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd75',
    500: '#c7a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a337;
$custom-light: #dcbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A337

secondary

#8C9DCD

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A337

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

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