#C7B939#C7B939

#C7B939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7B939
RGB	rgb(199, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -9.37, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 63.83, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0322 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(41.6425, 47.1372, 10.7750)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7B939 #3947C7

analogous

#C77239 #C7B939 #8EC739

triadic

#C7B939 #39C7B9 #B939C7

tetradic

#C7B939 #39C772 #3947C7 #C7398E

square

#C7B939 #39C772 #3947C7 #C7398E

split-complementary

#C7B939 #398EC7 #7239C7

monochromatic

#68611D #988D2B #C7B939 #D4CA69 #E2DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C7B939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C7B939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7B939

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7B939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7B939	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7b939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd78',
    500: '#c7b939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7b939;
$custom-light: #dccd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7b939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77505,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.47135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7B939

secondary

#8E94CE

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7B939

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

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