#C7AF38#C7AF38

#C7AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7AF38
RGB	rgb(199, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -4.22, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 61.06, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0177 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5989, 43.0896, 9.9719)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7AF38 #3850C7

analogous

#C76838 #C7AF38 #97C738

triadic

#C7AF38 #38C7AF #AF38C7

tetradic

#C7AF38 #38C768 #3850C7 #C73897

square

#C7AF38 #38C768 #3850C7 #C73897

split-complementary

#C7AF38 #3897C7 #6838C7

monochromatic

#675B1D #97852B #C7AF38 #D4C268 #E2D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C7AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C7AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7AF38

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7AF38	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc676',
    500: '#c7af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7af38;
$custom-light: #dcc676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75391,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7AF38

secondary

#8D98CD

accent

#62DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7AF38

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

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