#C7B649#C7B649

#C7B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B649
RGB	rgb(199, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -6.92, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 56.39, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0235 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4854, 46.0808, 13.0113)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B649 #495AC7

analogous

#C77749 #C7B649 #99C749

triadic

#C7B649 #49C7B6 #B649C7

tetradic

#C7B649 #49C777 #495AC7 #C74999

square

#C7B649 #49C777 #495AC7 #C74999

split-complementary

#C7B649 #4999C7 #7749C7

monochromatic

#726823 #A19232 #C7B649 #D5C978 #E4DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C7B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C7B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B649

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B649	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb81',
    500: '#c7b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b649;
$custom-light: #dbcb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B649

secondary

#9BA2D1

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B649

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

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