#C7AE38#C7AE38

#C7AE38 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	#C7AE38
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -3.69, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 60.76, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0162 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4050, 42.7018, 9.9073)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE38 #3851C7

analogous

#C76638 #C7AE38 #99C738

triadic

#C7AE38 #38C7AE #AE38C7

tetradic

#C7AE38 #38C766 #3851C7 #C73899

square

#C7AE38 #38C766 #3851C7 #C73899

split-complementary

#C7AE38 #3899C7 #6638C7

monochromatic

#675A1D #97842B #C7AE38 #D4C168 #E2D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C7AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE38

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc576',
    500: '#c7ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae38;
$custom-light: #dcc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE38

secondary

#8D99CD

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE38

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

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