#C7AE26#C7AE26

#C7AE26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE26
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -4.41, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 66.85, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.02 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0412, 42.5563, 7.9911)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE26 #263FC7

analogous

#C75E26 #C7AE26 #90C726

triadic

#C7AE26 #26C7AE #AE26C7

tetradic

#C7AE26 #26C75E #263FC7 #C72690

square

#C7AE26 #26C75E #263FC7 #C72690

split-complementary

#C7AE26 #2690C7 #5E26C7

monochromatic

#605412 #94811C #C7AE26 #DDC74D #E7D781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C7AE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C7AE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE26

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE26	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc56d',
    500: '#c7ae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae26;
$custom-light: #dcc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.683,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE26

secondary

#7987CF

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE26

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

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