#C7B656#C7B656

#C7B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B656
RGB	rgb(199, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -6.01, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 50.57, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0194 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9624, 46.2716, 15.5232)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B656 #5667C7

analogous

#C77D56 #C7B656 #A0C756

triadic

#C7B656 #56C7B6 #B656C7

tetradic

#C7B656 #56C77D #5667C7 #C756A0

square

#C7B656 #56C77D #5667C7 #C756A0

split-complementary

#C7B656 #56A0C7 #7D56C7

monochromatic

#7A6E28 #A89738 #C7B656 #D6CA84 #E5DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C7B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C7B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B656

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B656	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb89',
    500: '#c7b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b656;
$custom-light: #dacb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B656

secondary

#A5ACD4

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B656

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

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