#C7B43A#C7B43A

#C7B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B43A
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -6.73, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 61.83, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0246 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6400, 45.0920, 10.5651)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B43A #3A4DC7

analogous

#C76D3A #C7B43A #93C73A

triadic

#C7B43A #3AC7B4 #B43AC7

tetradic

#C7B43A #3AC76D #3A4DC7 #C73A93

square

#C7B43A #3AC76D #3A4DC7 #C73A93

split-complementary

#C7B43A #3A93C7 #6D3AC7

monochromatic

#695F1E #988A2B #C7B43A #D5C66A #E2D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C7B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C7B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B43A

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B43A	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca78',
    500: '#c7b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b43a;
$custom-light: #dcca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76455,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B43A

secondary

#8F97CE

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B43A

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

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