#C7A438#C7A438

#C7A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A438
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 1.62, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 58.08, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.001 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.129 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5445, 38.9808, 9.2872)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A438 #385BC7

analogous

#C75D38 #C7A438 #A2C738

triadic

#C7A438 #38C7A4 #A438C7

tetradic

#C7A438 #38C75D #385BC7 #C738A2

square

#C7A438 #38C75D #385BC7 #C738A2

split-complementary

#C7A438 #38A2C7 #5D38C7

monochromatic

#67551D #977D2B #C7A438 #D4BA68 #E2D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C7A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A438

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A438	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe75',
    500: '#c7a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a438;
$custom-light: #dcbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A438

secondary

#8D9DCD

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A438

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

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