#C7AD3E#C7AD3E

#C7AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD3E
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -2.86, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 58.11, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0131 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3682, 42.3791, 10.6629)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD3E #3E58C7

analogous

#C7683E #C7AD3E #9CC73E

triadic

#C7AD3E #3EC7AD #AD3EC7

tetradic

#C7AD3E #3EC768 #3E58C7 #C73E9C

square

#C7AD3E #3EC768 #3E58C7 #C73E9C

split-complementary

#C7AD3E #3E9CC7 #683EC7

monochromatic

#6B5D1F #9B862D #C7AD3E #D5C16D #E3D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C7AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C7AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD3E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD3E	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c7ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad3e;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD3E

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#66DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD3E

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

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