#C7A637#C7A637

#C7A637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A637
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 0.50, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 58.97, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0043 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8811, 39.6926, 9.2799)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A637 #3758C7

analogous

#C75E37 #C7A637 #A0C737

triadic

#C7A637 #37C7A6 #A637C7

tetradic

#C7A637 #37C75E #3758C7 #C737A0

square

#C7A637 #37C75E #3758C7 #C737A0

split-complementary

#C7A637 #37A0C7 #5E37C7

monochromatic

#67561C #977E2A #C7A637 #D5BC66 #E2D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C7A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C7A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A637

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A637	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc075',
    500: '#c7a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a637;
$custom-light: #dcc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A637

secondary

#8C9BCD

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A637

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

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