#C7B426#C7B426

#C7B426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B426
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -7.55, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 68.50, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0288 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2263, 44.9265, 8.3862)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B426 #2639C7

analogous

#C76426 #C7B426 #8AC726

triadic

#C7B426 #26C7B4 #B426C7

tetradic

#C7B426 #26C764 #2639C7 #C7268A

square

#C7B426 #26C764 #2639C7 #C7268A

split-complementary

#C7B426 #268AC7 #6426C7

monochromatic

#605712 #94861C #C7B426 #DDCC4D #E7DB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C7B426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C7B426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B426

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B426	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca6e',
    500: '#c7b426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b426;
$custom-light: #dcca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.919,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76334,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B426

secondary

#7983CF

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B426

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