#C7A72A#C7A72A

#C7A72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.139 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A72A
RGB	rgb(199, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -0.58, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 63.85, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0088 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.139 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7920, 39.9490, 7.9104)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A72A #2A4AC7

analogous

#C7592A #C7A72A #98C72A

triadic

#C7A72A #2AC7A7 #A72AC7

tetradic

#C7A72A #2AC759 #2A4AC7 #C72A98

square

#C7A72A #2AC759 #2A4AC7 #C72A98

split-complementary

#C7A72A #2A98C7 #592AC7

monochromatic

#625215 #947D1F #C7A72A #DBBF53 #E5D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C7A72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C7A72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A72A

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A72A	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA40C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.139 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc06e',
    500: '#c7a72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a72a;
$custom-light: #dcc06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73638,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A72A

secondary

#7E8ECF

accent

#62E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A72A

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

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