#C7B638#C7B638

#C7B638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B638
RGB	rgb(199, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -7.87, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 63.22, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0281 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9968, 45.8854, 10.4379)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B638 #3849C7

analogous

#C76E38 #C7B638 #91C738

triadic

#C7B638 #38C7B6 #B638C7

tetradic

#C7B638 #38C76E #3849C7 #C73891

square

#C7B638 #38C76E #3849C7 #C73891

split-complementary

#C7B638 #3891C7 #6E38C7

monochromatic

#675F1D #978A2B #C7B638 #D4C868 #E2D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C7B638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C7B638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B638

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B638	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb77',
    500: '#c7b638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b638;
$custom-light: #dccb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76862,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B638

secondary

#8D95CD

accent

#5ADF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B638

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

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