#C7AA3B#C7AA3B

#C7AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AA3B
RGB	rgb(199, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -1.43, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 58.46, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0094 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7193, 41.2095, 10.0516)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AA3B #3B58C7

analogous

#C7643B #C7AA3B #9EC73B

triadic

#C7AA3B #3BC7AA #AA3BC7

tetradic

#C7AA3B #3BC764 #3B58C7 #C73B9E

square

#C7AA3B #3BC764 #3B58C7 #C73B9E

split-complementary

#C7AA3B #3B9EC7 #643BC7

monochromatic

#695A1E #99822C #C7AA3B #D5BF6B #E2D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C7AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C7AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AA3B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AA3B	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc277',
    500: '#c7aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7aa3b;
$custom-light: #dcc277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AA3B

secondary

#909DCE

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AA3B

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

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