#C7A826#C7A826

#C7A826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.141 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A826
RGB	rgb(199, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -1.25, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 65.33, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.011 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.141 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9078, 40.2896, 7.6134)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A826 #2645C7

analogous

#C75826 #C7A826 #96C726

triadic

#C7A826 #26C7A8 #A826C7

tetradic

#C7A826 #26C758 #2645C7 #C72696

square

#C7A826 #26C758 #2645C7 #C72696

split-complementary

#C7A826 #2696C7 #5826C7

monochromatic

#605112 #947D1C #C7A826 #DDC14D #E7D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C7A826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C7A826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A826

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A826	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.141 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc16d',
    500: '#c7a826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a826;
$custom-light: #ddc16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.447,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A826

secondary

#798ACF

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A826

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

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