#C7B849#C7B849

#C7B849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B849
RGB	rgb(199, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -7.96, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 57.10, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0264 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8979, 46.9058, 13.1488)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B849 #4958C7

analogous

#C77949 #C7B849 #97C749

triadic

#C7B849 #49C7B8 #B849C7

tetradic

#C7B849 #49C779 #4958C7 #C74997

square

#C7B849 #49C779 #4958C7 #C74997

split-complementary

#C7B849 #4997C7 #7949C7

monochromatic

#726923 #A19432 #C7B849 #D5CA78 #E4DDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C7B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C7B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B849

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B849	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd81',
    500: '#c7b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b849;
$custom-light: #dbcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B849

secondary

#9BA1D1

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B849

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

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