#C7B52C#C7B52C

#C7B52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B52C
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -7.86, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 67.01, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0292 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5336, 45.3736, 9.0053)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B52C #2C3EC7

analogous

#C7672C #C7B52C #8CC72C

triadic

#C7B52C #2CC7B5 #B52CC7

tetradic

#C7B52C #2CC767 #2C3EC7 #C72C8C

square

#C7B52C #2CC767 #2C3EC7 #C72C8C

split-complementary

#C7B52C #2C8CC7 #672CC7

monochromatic

#635A16 #958721 #C7B52C #DACA56 #E5DA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C7B52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B52C

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B52C	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)

#C7AF07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca71',
    500: '#c7b52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b52c;
$custom-light: #dcca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B52C

secondary

#8089CF

accent

#54E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B52C

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

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