#C7B53B#C7B53B

#C7B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B53B
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -7.20, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 61.77, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0259 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8683, 45.5075, 10.7680)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B53B #3B4DC7

analogous

#C76F3B #C7B53B #93C73B

triadic

#C7B53B #3BC7B5 #B53BC7

tetradic

#C7B53B #3BC76F #3B4DC7 #C73B93

square

#C7B53B #3BC76F #3B4DC7 #C73B93

split-complementary

#C7B53B #3B93C7 #6F3BC7

monochromatic

#69601E #998B2C #C7B53B #D5C76B #E2D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C7B53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B53B

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B53B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca78',
    500: '#c7b53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b53b;
$custom-light: #dcca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76673,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B53B

secondary

#9098CE

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B53B

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

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