#C7AD26#C7AD26

#C7AD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.145 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD26
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -3.89, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 66.58, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0185 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.145 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8487, 42.1713, 7.9270)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD26 #2640C7

analogous

#C75D26 #C7AD26 #90C726

triadic

#C7AD26 #26C7AD #AD26C7

tetradic

#C7AD26 #26C75D #2640C7 #C72690

square

#C7AD26 #26C75D #2640C7 #C72690

split-complementary

#C7AD26 #2690C7 #5D26C7

monochromatic

#605412 #94801C #C7AD26 #DDC64D #E7D681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C7AD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C7AD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD26

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD26	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc56d',
    500: '#c7ad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad26;
$custom-light: #dcc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.311,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74863,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD26

secondary

#7987CF

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD26

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

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