#C7B23A#C7B23A

#C7B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B23A
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -5.69, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 61.20, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0217 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2392, 44.2903, 10.4315)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B23A #3A4FC7

analogous

#C76C3A #C7B23A #95C73A

triadic

#C7B23A #3AC7B2 #B23AC7

tetradic

#C7B23A #3AC76C #3A4FC7 #C73A95

square

#C7B23A #3AC76C #3A4FC7 #C73A95

split-complementary

#C7B23A #3A95C7 #6C3AC7

monochromatic

#695E1E #98882B #C7B23A #D5C56A #E2D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C7B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C7B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B23A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B23A	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc878',
    500: '#c7b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b23a;
$custom-light: #dcc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B23A

secondary

#8F98CE

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B23A

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

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