#C7AE37#C7AE37

#C7AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE37
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -3.74, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 61.14, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0164 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3808, 42.6921, 9.7798)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE37 #3750C7

analogous

#C76637 #C7AE37 #98C737

triadic

#C7AE37 #37C7AE #AE37C7

tetradic

#C7AE37 #37C766 #3750C7 #C73798

square

#C7AE37 #37C766 #3750C7 #C73798

split-complementary

#C7AE37 #3798C7 #6637C7

monochromatic

#675A1C #97842A #C7AE37 #D5C266 #E2D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C7AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE37

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE37	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc576',
    500: '#c7ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae37;
$custom-light: #dcc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75175,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE37

secondary

#8C98CD

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE37

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

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