#C7AA36#C7AA36

#C7AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AA36
RGB	rgb(199, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -1.67, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 60.40, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0107 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5958, 41.1601, 9.4011)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AA36 #3653C7

analogous

#C76236 #C7AA36 #9CC736

triadic

#C7AA36 #36C7AA #AA36C7

tetradic

#C7AA36 #36C762 #3653C7 #C7369C

square

#C7AA36 #36C762 #3653C7 #C7369C

split-complementary

#C7AA36 #369CC7 #6236C7

monochromatic

#67581C #978129 #C7AA36 #D5BF65 #E2D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C7AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C7AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AA36

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AA36	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc275',
    500: '#c7aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7aa36;
$custom-light: #dcc275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AA36

secondary

#8B99CE

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AA36

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

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