#C7B538#C7B538

#C7B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B538
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -7.35, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 62.90, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0266 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7927, 45.4772, 10.3699)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B538 #384AC7

analogous

#C76E38 #C7B538 #91C738

triadic

#C7B538 #38C7B5 #B538C7

tetradic

#C7B538 #38C76E #384AC7 #C73891

square

#C7B538 #38C76E #384AC7 #C73891

split-complementary

#C7B538 #3891C7 #6E38C7

monochromatic

#675E1D #978A2B #C7B538 #D4C768 #E2D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C7B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B538

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B538	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca77',
    500: '#c7b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b538;
$custom-light: #dcca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B538

secondary

#8D95CD

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B538

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

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