#C7A434#C7A434

#C7A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A434
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 1.43, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 59.62, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.002 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4506, 38.9433, 8.7924)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A434 #3457C7

analogous

#C75A34 #C7A434 #A1C734

triadic

#C7A434 #34C7A4 #A434C7

tetradic

#C7A434 #34C75A #3457C7 #C734A1

square

#C7A434 #34C75A #3457C7 #C734A1

split-complementary

#C7A434 #34A1C7 #5A34C7

monochromatic

#66541B #967C27 #C7A434 #D6BA62 #E3D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C7A434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A434

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A434	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe73',
    500: '#c7a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a434;
$custom-light: #dcbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A434

secondary

#8999CE

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A434

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

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