#C7AD49#C7AD49

#C7AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD49
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -2.20, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 53.44, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.01 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.122 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7012, 42.5123, 12.4166)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD49 #4963C7

analogous

#C76E49 #C7AD49 #A2C749

triadic

#C7AD49 #49C7AD #AD49C7

tetradic

#C7AD49 #49C76E #4963C7 #C749A2

square

#C7AD49 #49C76E #4963C7 #C749A2

split-complementary

#C7AD49 #49A2C7 #6E49C7

monochromatic

#726223 #A18A32 #C7AD49 #D5C278 #E4D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C7AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C7AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD49

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD49	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc580',
    500: '#c7ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad49;
$custom-light: #dbc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD49

secondary

#9BA6D1

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD49

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

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