#C7AA37#C7AA37

#C7AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AA37
RGB	rgb(199, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -1.63, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 60.02, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0104 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6195, 41.1695, 9.5260)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AA37 #3754C7

analogous

#C76237 #C7AA37 #9CC737

triadic

#C7AA37 #37C7AA #AA37C7

tetradic

#C7AA37 #37C762 #3754C7 #C7379C

square

#C7AA37 #37C762 #3754C7 #C7379C

split-complementary

#C7AA37 #379CC7 #6237C7

monochromatic

#67581C #97812A #C7AA37 #D5BF66 #E2D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C7AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C7AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AA37

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AA37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc275',
    500: '#c7aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7aa37;
$custom-light: #dcc275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AA37

secondary

#8C99CD

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AA37

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

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