#C7B539#C7B539

#C7B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B539
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -7.30, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 62.53, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0263 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8174, 45.4871, 10.5000)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B539 #394BC7

analogous

#C76E39 #C7B539 #92C739

triadic

#C7B539 #39C7B5 #B539C7

tetradic

#C7B539 #39C76E #394BC7 #C73992

square

#C7B539 #39C76E #394BC7 #C73992

split-complementary

#C7B539 #3992C7 #6E39C7

monochromatic

#685F1D #988A2B #C7B539 #D4C769 #E2D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C7B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B539

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B539	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)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca77',
    500: '#c7b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b539;
$custom-light: #dcca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B539

secondary

#8E96CE

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B539

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

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