#C7B442#C7B442

#C7B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B442
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -6.30, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 58.66, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0225 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8596, 45.1798, 11.7215)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B442 #4255C7

analogous

#C77242 #C7B442 #97C742

triadic

#C7B442 #42C7B4 #B442C7

tetradic

#C7B442 #42C772 #4255C7 #C74297

square

#C7B442 #42C772 #4255C7 #C74297

split-complementary

#C7B442 #4297C7 #7242C7

monochromatic

#6E6321 #9D8D2F #C7B442 #D5C771 #E3D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C7B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C7B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B442

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B442	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7c',
    500: '#c7b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b442;
$custom-light: #dbca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B442

secondary

#959ED0

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B442

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

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