#C7AE41#C7AE41

#C7AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE41
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -3.22, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 57.18, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0138 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6453, 42.7979, 11.1726)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE41 #415AC7

analogous

#C76B41 #C7AE41 #9DC741

triadic

#C7AE41 #41C7AE #AE41C7

tetradic

#C7AE41 #41C76B #415AC7 #C7419D

square

#C7AE41 #41C76B #415AC7 #C7419D

split-complementary

#C7AE41 #419DC7 #6B41C7

monochromatic

#6D5F20 #9D882E #C7AE41 #D5C270 #E3D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C7AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C7AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE41

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE41	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc57b',
    500: '#c7ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae41;
$custom-light: #dbc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75255,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE41

secondary

#959FCF

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE41

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

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