#C7B23E#C7B23E

#C7B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B23E
RGB	rgb(199, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -5.48, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 59.64, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0206 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.135 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3449, 44.3326, 10.9884)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B23E #3E53C7

analogous

#C76D3E #C7B23E #97C73E

triadic

#C7B23E #3EC7B2 #B23EC7

tetradic

#C7B23E #3EC76D #3E53C7 #C73E97

square

#C7B23E #3EC76D #3E53C7 #C73E97

split-complementary

#C7B23E #3E97C7 #6D3EC7

monochromatic

#6B601F #9B8A2D #C7B23E #D5C56D #E3D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C7B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C7B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B23E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B23E	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87a',
    500: '#c7b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b23e;
$custom-light: #dcc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B23E

secondary

#929BCF

accent

#60DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B23E

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

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