#C7A526#C7A526

#C7A526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.140 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A526
RGB	rgb(199, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 0.35, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 64.63, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0065 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.14 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3604, 39.1946, 7.4309)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A526 #2648C7

analogous

#C75526 #C7A526 #99C726

triadic

#C7A526 #26C7A5 #A526C7

tetradic

#C7A526 #26C755 #2648C7 #C72699

square

#C7A526 #26C755 #2648C7 #C72699

split-complementary

#C7A526 #2699C7 #5526C7

monochromatic

#605012 #947A1C #C7A526 #DDBF4D #E7D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C7A526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C7A526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A526

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A526	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.140 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf6c',
    500: '#c7a526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a526;
$custom-light: #ddbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.329,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73204,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A526

secondary

#798CCF

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A526

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

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