#C7AE3C#C7AE3C

#C7AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE3C
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -3.49, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 59.21, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0152 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5068, 42.7425, 10.4433)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE3C #3C55C7

analogous

#C7693C #C7AE3C #9AC73C

triadic

#C7AE3C #3CC7AE #AE3CC7

tetradic

#C7AE3C #3CC769 #3C55C7 #C73C9A

square

#C7AE3C #3CC769 #3C55C7 #C73C9A

split-complementary

#C7AE3C #3C9AC7 #693CC7

monochromatic

#6A5D1E #9A862C #C7AE3C #D5C26C #E2D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C7AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE3C

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE3C	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc578',
    500: '#c7ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae3c;
$custom-light: #dcc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE3C

secondary

#919CCE

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE3C

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

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