#C7BB3B#C7BB3B

#C7BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BB3B
RGB	rgb(199, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -10.30, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 63.77, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0346 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1147, 48.0002, 11.1834)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BB3B #3B47C7

analogous

#C7753B #C7BB3B #8DC73B

triadic

#C7BB3B #3BC7BB #BB3BC7

tetradic

#C7BB3B #3BC775 #3B47C7 #C73B8D

square

#C7BB3B #3BC775 #3B47C7 #C73B8D

split-complementary

#C7BB3B #3B8DC7 #753BC7

monochromatic

#69631E #99902C #C7BB3B #D5CC6B #E2DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C7BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C7BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BB3B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BB3B	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf79',
    500: '#c7bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bb3b;
$custom-light: #dccf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77945,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BB3B

secondary

#9095CE

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BB3B

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

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