#C7AC3E#C7AC3E

#C7AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AC3E
RGB	rgb(199, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -2.33, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 57.82, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0116 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1771, 41.9970, 10.5992)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AC3E #3E59C7

analogous

#C7673E #C7AC3E #9DC73E

triadic

#C7AC3E #3EC7AC #AC3EC7

tetradic

#C7AC3E #3EC767 #3E59C7 #C73E9D

square

#C7AC3E #3EC767 #3E59C7 #C73E9D

split-complementary

#C7AC3E #3E9DC7 #673EC7

monochromatic

#6B5C1F #9B852D #C7AC3E #D5C06D #E3D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C7AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C7AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AC3E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AC3E	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc479',
    500: '#c7ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ac3e;
$custom-light: #dcc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AC3E

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#67DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AC3E

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

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