#C7A43B#C7A43B

#C7A43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A43B
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 1.77, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 56.89, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0002 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.127 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6201, 39.0111, 9.6852)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A43B #3B5EC7

analogous

#C75E3B #C7A43B #A4C73B

triadic

#C7A43B #3BC7A4 #A43BC7

tetradic

#C7A43B #3BC75E #3B5EC7 #C73BA4

square

#C7A43B #3BC75E #3B5EC7 #C73BA4

split-complementary

#C7A43B #3BA4C7 #5E3BC7

monochromatic

#69571E #997E2C #C7A43B #D5BA6B #E2D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C7A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C7A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A43B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A43B	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)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe77',
    500: '#c7a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a43b;
$custom-light: #dcbe77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A43B

secondary

#909FCE

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A43B

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

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