#C7B541#C7B541

#C7B541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B541
RGB	rgb(199, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -6.88, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 59.40, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0243 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0330, 45.5733, 11.6352)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B541 #4153C7

analogous

#C77241 #C7B541 #96C741

triadic

#C7B541 #41C7B5 #B541C7

tetradic

#C7B541 #41C772 #4153C7 #C74196

square

#C7B541 #41C772 #4153C7 #C74196

split-complementary

#C7B541 #4196C7 #7241C7

monochromatic

#6D6320 #9D8E2E #C7B541 #D5C770 #E3DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C7B541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C7B541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B541

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B541	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)

#C6B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7c',
    500: '#c7b541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b541;
$custom-light: #dbca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76721,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B541

secondary

#959CCF

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B541

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

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