#C7AD4E#C7AD4E

#C7AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AD4E
RGB	rgb(199, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -1.86, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 51.20, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0084 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.118 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8737, 42.5813, 13.3250)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AD4E #4E68C7

analogous

#C7714E #C7AD4E #A5C74E

triadic

#C7AD4E #4EC7AD #AD4EC7

tetradic

#C7AD4E #4EC771 #4E68C7 #C74EA5

square

#C7AD4E #4EC771 #4E68C7 #C74EA5

split-complementary

#C7AD4E #4EA5C7 #714EC7

monochromatic

#756425 #A48C34 #C7AD4E #D6C37C #E4D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C7AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C7AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AD4E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AD4E	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc583',
    500: '#c7ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ad4e;
$custom-light: #dbc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75175,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AD4E

secondary

#9FAAD2

accent

#6BDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AD4E

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

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