#C7A52A#C7A52A

#C7A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A52A
RGB	rgb(199, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 0.49, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 63.38, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0057 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.138 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4284, 39.2219, 7.7892)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A52A #2A4CC7

analogous

#C7562A #C7A52A #9BC72A

triadic

#C7A52A #2AC7A5 #A52AC7

tetradic

#C7A52A #2AC756 #2A4CC7 #C72A9B

square

#C7A52A #2AC756 #2A4CC7 #C72A9B

split-complementary

#C7A52A #2A9BC7 #562AC7

monochromatic

#625115 #947B1F #C7A52A #DBBD53 #E5D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C7A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C7A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A52A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A52A	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B8A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf6e',
    500: '#c7a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a52a;
$custom-light: #ddbf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A52A

secondary

#7E8FCF

accent

#64E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A52A

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

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