#C7B237#C7B237

#C7B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B237
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -5.84, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 62.33, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0224 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1651, 44.2607, 10.0412)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B237 #374CC7

analogous

#C76A37 #C7B237 #94C737

triadic

#C7B237 #37C7B2 #B237C7

tetradic

#C7B237 #37C76A #374CC7 #C73794

square

#C7B237 #37C76A #374CC7 #C73794

split-complementary

#C7B237 #3794C7 #6A37C7

monochromatic

#675C1C #97872A #C7B237 #D5C566 #E2D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C7B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C7B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B237

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B237	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc876',
    500: '#c7b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b237;
$custom-light: #dcc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76012,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B237

secondary

#8C96CD

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B237

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

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