#C7AE3D#C7AE3D

#C7AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE3D
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -3.44, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 58.81, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0149 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5335, 42.7532, 10.5838)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE3D #3D56C7

analogous

#C7693D #C7AE3D #9BC73D

triadic

#C7AE3D #3DC7AE #AE3DC7

tetradic

#C7AE3D #3DC769 #3D56C7 #C73D9B

square

#C7AE3D #3DC769 #3D56C7 #C73D9B

split-complementary

#C7AE3D #3D9BC7 #693DC7

monochromatic

#6B5D1F #9A862D #C7AE3D #D5C26C #E2D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C7AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE3D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE3D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c7ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae3d;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE3D

secondary

#919CCE

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE3D

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

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