#C7B139#C7B139

#C7B139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B139
RGB	rgb(199, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -5.22, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 61.28, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0204 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0158, 43.8838, 10.2328)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B139 #394FC7

analogous

#C76A39 #C7B139 #96C739

triadic

#C7B139 #39C7B1 #B139C7

tetradic

#C7B139 #39C76A #394FC7 #C73996

square

#C7B139 #39C76A #394FC7 #C73996

split-complementary

#C7B139 #3996C7 #6A39C7

monochromatic

#685D1D #98872B #C7B139 #D4C469 #E2D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C7B139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C7B139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B139

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B139	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc777',
    500: '#c7b139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b139;
$custom-light: #dcc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B139

secondary

#8E98CE

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B139

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

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