#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
RGBrgb(199, 173, 53)
HSLhsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(49, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.1%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.07, -3.30, 61.51)
CIE-LCHlch(71.07, 61.60, 93.08°)
OKLaboklab(74.95% -0.0154 0.1358)
OKLCHoklch(74.95% 0.137 96.5)
XYZxyz(39.1414, 42.2884, 9.4683)
Luminance0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C7AD351.002.229.469.46
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4621.001.001.00
##0000009.4621.001.001.00

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

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#C7AD35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva