#C7A537#C7A537

#C7A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A537
RGB	rgb(199, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 1.03, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 58.72, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0028 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7000, 39.3305, 9.2195)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A537 #3759C7

analogous

#C75D37 #C7A537 #A1C737

triadic

#C7A537 #37C7A5 #A537C7

tetradic

#C7A537 #37C75D #3759C7 #C737A1

square

#C7A537 #37C75D #3759C7 #C737A1

split-complementary

#C7A537 #37A1C7 #5D37C7

monochromatic

#67551C #977D2A #C7A537 #D5BB66 #E2D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C7A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C7A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A537

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A537	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf75',
    500: '#c7a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a537;
$custom-light: #dcbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73313,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A537

secondary

#8C9CCD

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A537

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

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