#C7AD35#C7AD35

#C7AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD35
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -3.30, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 61.60, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0154 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.137 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1414, 42.2884, 9.4683)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD35 #354FC7

analogous

#C76435 #C7AD35 #98C735

triadic

#C7AD35 #35C7AD #AD35C7

tetradic

#C7AD35 #35C764 #354FC7 #C73598

square

#C7AD35 #35C764 #354FC7 #C73598

split-complementary

#C7AD35 #3598C7 #6435C7

monochromatic

#66591B #978328 #C7AD35 #D6C164 #E2D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C7AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C7AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD35

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD35	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc574',
    500: '#c7ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad35;
$custom-light: #dcc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD35

secondary

#8A96CE

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →