#C7A426#C7A426

#C7A426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.139 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A426
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 0.88, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 64.41, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.005 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.139 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1807, 38.8353, 7.3710)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A426 #2649C7

analogous

#C75426 #C7A426 #99C726

triadic

#C7A426 #26C7A4 #A426C7

tetradic

#C7A426 #26C754 #2649C7 #C72699

square

#C7A426 #26C754 #2649C7 #C72699

split-complementary

#C7A426 #2699C7 #5426C7

monochromatic

#604F12 #947A1C #C7A426 #DDBE4D #E7D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C7A426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C7A426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A426

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A426	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.139 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe6c',
    500: '#c7a426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a426;
$custom-light: #ddbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A426

secondary

#798CCF

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A426

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

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