#C7B43C#C7B43C

#C7B43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B43C
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -6.63, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 61.06, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0241 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6919, 45.1127, 10.8383)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B43C #3C4FC7

analogous

#C76F3C #C7B43C #94C73C

triadic

#C7B43C #3CC7B4 #B43CC7

tetradic

#C7B43C #3CC76F #3C4FC7 #C73C94

square

#C7B43C #3CC76F #3C4FC7 #C73C94

split-complementary

#C7B43C #3C94C7 #6F3CC7

monochromatic

#6A601E #9A8B2C #C7B43C #D5C66C #E2D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C7B43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C7B43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B43C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B43C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca79',
    500: '#c7b43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b43c;
$custom-light: #dcca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7647,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B43C

secondary

#9199CE

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B43C

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

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