#C7B53D#C7B53D

#C7B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B53D
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -7.10, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 61.00, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0253 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9212, 45.5286, 11.0464)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B53D #3D4FC7

analogous

#C7703D #C7B53D #94C73D

triadic

#C7B53D #3DC7B5 #B53DC7

tetradic

#C7B53D #3DC770 #3D4FC7 #C73D94

square

#C7B53D #3DC770 #3D4FC7 #C73D94

split-complementary

#C7B53D #3D94C7 #703DC7

monochromatic

#6B611F #9A8C2D #C7B53D #D5C76C #E2D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C7B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B53D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B53D	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca79',
    500: '#c7b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b53d;
$custom-light: #dcca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76688,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B53D

secondary

#9199CE

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B53D

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

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