#C7B226#C7B226

#C7B226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.148 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B226
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -6.51, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 67.93, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0259 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.148 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8255, 44.1248, 8.2526)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B226 #263BC7

analogous

#C76226 #C7B226 #8CC726

triadic

#C7B226 #26C7B2 #B226C7

tetradic

#C7B226 #26C762 #263BC7 #C7268C

square

#C7B226 #26C762 #263BC7 #C7268C

split-complementary

#C7B226 #268CC7 #6226C7

monochromatic

#605612 #94841C #C7B226 #DDCA4D #E7DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C7B226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C7B226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B226

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B226	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.148 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc86e',
    500: '#c7b226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b226;
$custom-light: #dcc86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B226

secondary

#7985CF

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B226

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

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