#C7B343#C7B343

#C7B343 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	#C7B343
RGB	rgb(199, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -5.72, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 57.92, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0208 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6882, 44.7894, 11.8111)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B343 #4357C7

analogous

#C77143 #C7B343 #99C743

triadic

#C7B343 #43C7B3 #B343C7

tetradic

#C7B343 #43C771 #4357C7 #C74399

square

#C7B343 #43C771 #4357C7 #C74399

split-complementary

#C7B343 #4399C7 #7143C7

monochromatic

#6F6321 #9E8D2F #C7B343 #D5C672 #E3D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C7B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C7B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B343

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B343	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)

#C4AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc97d',
    500: '#c7b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b343;
$custom-light: #dbc97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B343

secondary

#969FD0

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B343

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

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