#C7A63A#C7A63A

#C7A63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A63A
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 0.65, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 57.79, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0036 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.129 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9552, 39.7223, 9.6702)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A63A #3A5BC7

analogous

#C75F3A #C7A63A #A2C73A

triadic

#C7A63A #3AC7A6 #A63AC7

tetradic

#C7A63A #3AC75F #3A5BC7 #C73AA2

square

#C7A63A #3AC75F #3A5BC7 #C73AA2

split-complementary

#C7A63A #3AA2C7 #5F3AC7

monochromatic

#69571E #987F2B #C7A63A #D5BC6A #E2D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C7A63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C7A63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A63A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A63A	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)

#B8A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc076',
    500: '#c7a63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a63a;
$custom-light: #dcc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A63A

secondary

#8F9ECE

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A63A

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

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