#C7A641#C7A641

#C7A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A641
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 1.03, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 54.91, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0016 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.124 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1455, 39.7984, 10.6727)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A641 #4162C7

analogous

#C76341 #C7A641 #A5C741

triadic

#C7A641 #41C7A6 #A641C7

tetradic

#C7A641 #41C763 #4162C7 #C741A5

square

#C7A641 #41C763 #4162C7 #C741A5

split-complementary

#C7A641 #41A5C7 #6341C7

monochromatic

#6D5A20 #9D812E #C7A641 #D5BC70 #E3D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C7A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C7A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A641

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A641	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07b',
    500: '#c7a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a641;
$custom-light: #dcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A641

secondary

#95A3CF

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A641

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

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