#C7B642#C7B642

#C7B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B642
RGB	rgb(199, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -7.35, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 59.33, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0255 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2663, 45.9931, 11.8571)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B642 #4253C7

analogous

#C77442 #C7B642 #96C742

triadic

#C7B642 #42C7B6 #B642C7

tetradic

#C7B642 #42C774 #4253C7 #C74296

square

#C7B642 #42C774 #4253C7 #C74296

split-complementary

#C7B642 #4296C7 #7442C7

monochromatic

#6E6421 #9D8F2F #C7B642 #D5C871 #E3DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C7B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C7B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B642

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B642	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb7c',
    500: '#c7b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b642;
$custom-light: #dbcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B642

secondary

#959DD0

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B642

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

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