#C7B038#C7B038

#C7B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B038
RGB	rgb(199, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -4.74, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 61.35, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0192 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7943, 43.4803, 10.0371)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B038 #384FC7

analogous

#C76938 #C7B038 #96C738

triadic

#C7B038 #38C7B0 #B038C7

tetradic

#C7B038 #38C769 #384FC7 #C73896

square

#C7B038 #38C769 #384FC7 #C73896

split-complementary

#C7B038 #3896C7 #6938C7

monochromatic

#675C1D #97862B #C7B038 #D4C368 #E2D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C7B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C7B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B038

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B038	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc776',
    500: '#c7b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b038;
$custom-light: #dcc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B038

secondary

#8D98CD

accent

#61DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B038

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

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