#C7B640#C7B640

#C7B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B640
RGB	rgb(199, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -7.46, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 60.14, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.026 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(41.2083, 45.9700, 11.5520)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B640 #4051C7

analogous

#C77340 #C7B640 #95C740

triadic

#C7B640 #40C7B6 #B640C7

tetradic

#C7B640 #40C773 #4051C7 #C74095

square

#C7B640 #40C773 #4051C7 #C74095

split-complementary

#C7B640 #4095C7 #7340C7

monochromatic

#6D6320 #9C8E2E #C7B640 #D5C86F #E3DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C7B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C7B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B640

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B640	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb7b',
    500: '#c7b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b640;
$custom-light: #dbcb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.45968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B640

secondary

#949BCF

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B640

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

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