#C7B34A#C7B34A

#C7B34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B34A
RGB	rgb(199, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -5.29, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 54.94, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0187 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9110, 44.8786, 12.9847)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B34A #4A5EC7

analogous

#C7744A #C7B34A #9CC74A

triadic

#C7B34A #4AC7B3 #B34AC7

tetradic

#C7B34A #4AC774 #4A5EC7 #C74A9C

square

#C7B34A #4AC774 #4A5EC7 #C74A9C

split-complementary

#C7B34A #4A9CC7 #744AC7

monochromatic

#736624 #A29032 #C7B34A #D5C779 #E4DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C7B34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C7B34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B34A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B34A	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc981',
    500: '#c7b34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b34a;
$custom-light: #dbc981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B34A

secondary

#9CA4D1

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B34A

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

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