#C7B838#C7B838

#C7B838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.143 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B838
RGB	rgb(199, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -8.90, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 63.87, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.031 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.143 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4093, 46.7104, 10.5754)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B838 #3847C7

analogous

#C77038 #C7B838 #8FC738

triadic

#C7B838 #38C7B8 #B838C7

tetradic

#C7B838 #38C770 #3847C7 #C7388F

square

#C7B838 #38C770 #3847C7 #C7388F

split-complementary

#C7B838 #388FC7 #7038C7

monochromatic

#67601D #978C2B #C7B838 #D4C968 #E2DA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C7B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C7B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B838

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B838	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.143 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd77',
    500: '#c7b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b838;
$custom-light: #dccd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B838

secondary

#8D94CD

accent

#58DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B838

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

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