#C7A63B#C7A63B

#C7A63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.128 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A63B
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 0.70, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 57.39, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0033 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.128 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9809, 39.7325, 9.8055)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A63B #3B5CC7

analogous

#C7603B #C7A63B #A2C73B

triadic

#C7A63B #3BC7A6 #A63BC7

tetradic

#C7A63B #3BC760 #3B5CC7 #C73BA2

square

#C7A63B #3BC760 #3B5CC7 #C73BA2

split-complementary

#C7A63B #3BA2C7 #603BC7

monochromatic

#69581E #997F2C #C7A63B #D5BC6B #E2D19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C7A63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C7A63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A63B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A63B	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.128 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc077',
    500: '#c7a63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a63b;
$custom-light: #dcc077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A63B

secondary

#909ECE

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A63B

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

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