#C7A437#C7A437

#C7A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A437
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 1.57, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 58.47, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0013 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.13 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5203, 38.9712, 9.1596)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A437 #375AC7

analogous

#C75C37 #C7A437 #A2C737

triadic

#C7A437 #37C7A4 #A437C7

tetradic

#C7A437 #37C75C #375AC7 #C737A2

square

#C7A437 #37C75C #375AC7 #C737A2

split-complementary

#C7A437 #37A2C7 #5C37C7

monochromatic

#67551C #977C2A #C7A437 #D5BA66 #E2D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C7A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A437

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A437	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)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe75',
    500: '#c7a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a437;
$custom-light: #dcbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A437

secondary

#8C9CCD

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A437

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

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