#C7B232#C7B232

#C7B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B232
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -6.06, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 64.13, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0235 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0513, 44.2151, 9.4417)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B232 #3247C7

analogous

#C76832 #C7B232 #92C732

triadic

#C7B232 #32C7B2 #B232C7

tetradic

#C7B232 #32C768 #3247C7 #C73292

square

#C7B232 #32C768 #3247C7 #C73292

split-complementary

#C7B232 #3292C7 #6832C7

monochromatic

#655B19 #968626 #C7B232 #D7C65F #E3D790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C7B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C7B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B232

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B232	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc873',
    500: '#c7b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b232;
$custom-light: #dcc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B232

secondary

#8791CE

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B232

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

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