#C7B526#C7B526

#C7B526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B526
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -8.06, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 68.79, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0303 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4289, 45.3317, 8.4537)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B526 #2638C7

analogous

#C76526 #C7B526 #89C726

triadic

#C7B526 #26C7B5 #B526C7

tetradic

#C7B526 #26C765 #2638C7 #C72689

square

#C7B526 #26C765 #2638C7 #C72689

split-complementary

#C7B526 #2689C7 #6526C7

monochromatic

#605812 #94861C #C7B526 #DDCD4D #E7DB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C7B526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C7B526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B526

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B526	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca6e',
    500: '#c7b526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b526;
$custom-light: #dcca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.292,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B526

secondary

#7983CF

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B526

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

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