#C7B450#C7B450

#C7B450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B450
RGB	rgb(199, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -5.41, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 52.61, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0183 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3240, 45.3656, 14.1676)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B450 #5063C7

analogous

#C77950 #C7B450 #9FC750

triadic

#C7B450 #50C7B4 #B450C7

tetradic

#C7B450 #50C779 #5063C7 #C7509F

square

#C7B450 #50C779 #5063C7 #C7509F

split-complementary

#C7B450 #509FC7 #7950C7

monochromatic

#776A26 #A59335 #C7B450 #D6C87E #E5DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C7B450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B450

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B450	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca85',
    500: '#c7b450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b450;
$custom-light: #dbca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76655,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B450

secondary

#A0A8D2

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B450

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

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