#C7AE3E#C7AE3E

#C7AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE3E
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -3.38, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 58.41, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0146 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5606, 42.7640, 10.7270)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE3E #3E57C7

analogous

#C7693E #C7AE3E #9BC73E

triadic

#C7AE3E #3EC7AE #AE3EC7

tetradic

#C7AE3E #3EC769 #3E57C7 #C73E9B

square

#C7AE3E #3EC769 #3E57C7 #C73E9B

split-complementary

#C7AE3E #3E9BC7 #693EC7

monochromatic

#6B5E1F #9B872D #C7AE3E #D5C26D #E3D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C7AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE3E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c7ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae3e;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE3E

secondary

#929DCF

accent

#65DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE3E

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

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