#C7A636#C7A636

#C7A636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A636
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 0.45, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 59.35, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0046 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(37.8573, 39.6831, 9.1549)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A636 #3657C7

analogous

#C75E36 #C7A636 #9FC736

triadic

#C7A636 #36C7A6 #A636C7

tetradic

#C7A636 #36C75E #3657C7 #C7369F

square

#C7A636 #36C75E #3657C7 #C7369F

split-complementary

#C7A636 #369FC7 #5E36C7

monochromatic

#67561C #977E29 #C7A636 #D5BC65 #E2D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C7A636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C7A636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A636

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A636	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc074',
    500: '#c7a636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a636;
$custom-light: #dcc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A636

secondary

#8B9ACE

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A636

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

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