#C7AE4A#C7AE4A

#C7AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.122 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE4A
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -2.66, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 53.31, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0112 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.122 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9271, 42.9106, 12.6567)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE4A #4A63C7

analogous

#C76F4A #C7AE4A #A1C74A

triadic

#C7AE4A #4AC7AE #AE4AC7

tetradic

#C7AE4A #4AC76F #4A63C7 #C74AA1

square

#C7AE4A #4AC76F #4A63C7 #C74AA1

split-complementary

#C7AE4A #4AA1C7 #6F4AC7

monochromatic

#736324 #A28B32 #C7AE4A #D5C379 #E4D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C7AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C7AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE4A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE4A	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.122 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc581',
    500: '#c7ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae4a;
$custom-light: #dbc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE4A

secondary

#9CA6D1

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE4A

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

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