#C7AC36#C7AC36

#C7AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AC36
RGB	rgb(199, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -2.73, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 60.95, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0137 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.135 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9736, 41.9156, 9.5270)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AC36 #3651C7

analogous

#C76436 #C7AC36 #99C736

triadic

#C7AC36 #36C7AC #AC36C7

tetradic

#C7AC36 #36C764 #3651C7 #C73699

square

#C7AC36 #36C764 #3651C7 #C73699

split-complementary

#C7AC36 #3699C7 #6436C7

monochromatic

#67591C #978229 #C7AC36 #D5C065 #E2D495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C7AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C7AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AC36

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AC36	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc475',
    500: '#c7ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ac36;
$custom-light: #dcc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AC36

secondary

#8B98CE

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AC36

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

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