#C7AE4E#C7AE4E

#C7AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AE4E
RGB	rgb(199, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -2.39, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 51.52, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0099 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.119 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0661, 42.9662, 13.3891)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AE4E #4E67C7

analogous

#C7724E #C7AE4E #A4C74E

triadic

#C7AE4E #4EC7AE #AE4EC7

tetradic

#C7AE4E #4EC772 #4E67C7 #C74EA4

square

#C7AE4E #4EC772 #4E67C7 #C74EA4

split-complementary

#C7AE4E #4EA4C7 #724EC7

monochromatic

#756525 #A48D34 #C7AE4E #D6C37C #E4D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C7AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C7AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AE4E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AE4E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc583',
    500: '#c7ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ae4e;
$custom-light: #dbc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AE4E

secondary

#9FA9D2

accent

#6ADB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AE4E

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

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