#C7B342#C7B342

#C7B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B342
RGB	rgb(199, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -5.78, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 58.34, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.021 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6585, 44.7775, 11.6545)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B342 #4256C7

analogous

#C77042 #C7B342 #99C742

triadic

#C7B342 #42C7B3 #B342C7

tetradic

#C7B342 #42C770 #4256C7 #C74299

square

#C7B342 #42C770 #4256C7 #C74299

split-complementary

#C7B342 #4299C7 #7042C7

monochromatic

#6E6221 #9D8D2F #C7B342 #D5C671 #E3D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C7B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C7B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B342

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B342	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc97c',
    500: '#c7b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b342;
$custom-light: #dbc97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B342

secondary

#959ED0

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B342

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

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