#C7A435#C7A435

#C7A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A435
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 1.47, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 59.24, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0018 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.131 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4734, 38.9524, 8.9123)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A435 #3558C7

analogous

#C75B35 #C7A435 #A1C735

triadic

#C7A435 #35C7A4 #A435C7

tetradic

#C7A435 #35C75B #3558C7 #C735A1

square

#C7A435 #35C75B #3558C7 #C735A1

split-complementary

#C7A435 #35A1C7 #5B35C7

monochromatic

#66541B #977C28 #C7A435 #D6BA64 #E2D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C7A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A435

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A435	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)

#B6A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe74',
    500: '#c7a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a435;
$custom-light: #dcbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A435

secondary

#8A9ACE

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A435

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

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