#C7AE3F#C7AE3F

#C7AE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE3F
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -3.33, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 58.00, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0144 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5883, 42.7751, 10.8729)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE3F #3F58C7

analogous

#C76A3F #C7AE3F #9CC73F

triadic

#C7AE3F #3FC7AE #AE3FC7

tetradic

#C7AE3F #3FC76A #3F58C7 #C73F9C

square

#C7AE3F #3FC76A #3F58C7 #C73F9C

split-complementary

#C7AE3F #3F9CC7 #6A3FC7

monochromatic

#6C5E20 #9B872D #C7AE3F #D5C26E #E3D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C7AE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE3F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE3F	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)

#BFAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57a',
    500: '#c7ae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae3f;
$custom-light: #dcc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE3F

secondary

#939ECF

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE3F

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

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