#C7AE39#C7AE39

#C7AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE39
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -3.64, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 60.38, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0159 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4297, 42.7117, 10.0374)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE39 #3952C7

analogous

#C76739 #C7AE39 #99C739

triadic

#C7AE39 #39C7AE #AE39C7

tetradic

#C7AE39 #39C767 #3952C7 #C73999

square

#C7AE39 #39C767 #3952C7 #C73999

split-complementary

#C7AE39 #3999C7 #6739C7

monochromatic

#685B1D #98852B #C7AE39 #D4C269 #E2D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C7AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE39

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc577',
    500: '#c7ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae39;
$custom-light: #dcc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE39

secondary

#8E99CE

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE39

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

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