#C7A436#C7A436

#C7A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A436
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 1.52, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 58.86, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0015 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.13 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4966, 38.9617, 9.0347)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A436 #3659C7

analogous

#C75B36 #C7A436 #A2C736

triadic

#C7A436 #36C7A4 #A436C7

tetradic

#C7A436 #36C75B #3659C7 #C736A2

square

#C7A436 #36C75B #3659C7 #C736A2

split-complementary

#C7A436 #36A2C7 #5B36C7

monochromatic

#67551C #977C29 #C7A436 #D5BA65 #E2D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C7A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A436

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A436	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)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe74',
    500: '#c7a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a436;
$custom-light: #dcbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A436

secondary

#8B9BCE

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A436

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

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