#C7B22B#C7B22B

#C7B22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B22B
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 78.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -6.34, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 66.44, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.025 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9116, 44.1593, 8.7064)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B22B #2B40C7

analogous

#C7642B #C7B22B #8EC72B

triadic

#C7B22B #2BC7B2 #B22BC7

tetradic

#C7B22B #2BC764 #2B40C7 #C72B8E

square

#C7B22B #2BC764 #2B40C7 #C72B8E

split-complementary

#C7B22B #2B8EC7 #642BC7

monochromatic

#625815 #958520 #C7B22B #DAC855 #E5D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C7B22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C7B22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B22B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B22B	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc870',
    500: '#c7b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b22b;
$custom-light: #dcc870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B22B

secondary

#7F8ACF

accent

#57E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B22B

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

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