#C7BB38#C7BB38

#C7BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BB38
RGB	rgb(199, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -10.45, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 64.87, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0353 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(42.0391, 47.9700, 10.7853)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BB38 #3844C7

analogous

#C77438 #C7BB38 #8BC738

triadic

#C7BB38 #38C7BB #BB38C7

tetradic

#C7BB38 #38C774 #3844C7 #C7388B

square

#C7BB38 #38C774 #3844C7 #C7388B

split-complementary

#C7BB38 #388BC7 #7438C7

monochromatic

#67611D #978E2B #C7BB38 #D4CB68 #E2DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C7BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C7BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BB38

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BB38	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf77',
    500: '#c7bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bb38;
$custom-light: #dccf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77923,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.47968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BB38

secondary

#8D93CD

accent

#55DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BB38

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

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