#C7B537#C7B537

#C7B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B537
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -7.40, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 63.27, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0268 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7685, 45.4676, 10.2424)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B537 #3749C7

analogous

#C76D37 #C7B537 #91C737

triadic

#C7B537 #37C7B5 #B537C7

tetradic

#C7B537 #37C76D #3749C7 #C73791

square

#C7B537 #37C76D #3749C7 #C73791

split-complementary

#C7B537 #3791C7 #6D37C7

monochromatic

#675E1C #97892A #C7B537 #D5C766 #E2D996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C7B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B537

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B537	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca76',
    500: '#c7b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b537;
$custom-light: #dcca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B537

secondary

#8C94CD

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B537

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

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