#C7B43D#C7B43D

#C7B43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B43D
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -6.58, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 60.67, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0239 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.7186, 45.1234, 10.9789)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B43D #3D50C7

analogous

#C76F3D #C7B43D #95C73D

triadic

#C7B43D #3DC7B4 #B43DC7

tetradic

#C7B43D #3DC76F #3D50C7 #C73D95

square

#C7B43D #3DC76F #3D50C7 #C73D95

split-complementary

#C7B43D #3D95C7 #6F3DC7

monochromatic

#6B601F #9A8B2D #C7B43D #D5C66C #E2D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C7B43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C7B43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B43D

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B43D	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#C5AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca79',
    500: '#c7b43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b43d;
$custom-light: #dcca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.45122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B43D

secondary

#919ACE

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B43D

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

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