#C7AD37#C7AD37

#C7AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD37
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -3.21, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 60.85, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0149 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1883, 42.3072, 9.7156)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD37 #3751C7

analogous

#C76537 #C7AD37 #99C737

triadic

#C7AD37 #37C7AD #AD37C7

tetradic

#C7AD37 #37C765 #3751C7 #C73799

square

#C7AD37 #37C765 #3751C7 #C73799

split-complementary

#C7AD37 #3799C7 #6537C7

monochromatic

#675A1C #97832A #C7AD37 #D5C166 #E2D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C7AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C7AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD37

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc575',
    500: '#c7ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad37;
$custom-light: #dcc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD37

secondary

#8C98CD

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD37

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

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