#C7BB40#C7BB40

#C7BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BB40
RGB	rgb(199, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -10.04, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 61.85, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0334 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2506, 48.0546, 11.8994)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BB40 #404CC7

analogous

#C77840 #C7BB40 #90C740

triadic

#C7BB40 #40C7BB #BB40C7

tetradic

#C7BB40 #40C778 #404CC7 #C74090

square

#C7BB40 #40C778 #404CC7 #C74090

split-complementary

#C7BB40 #4090C7 #7840C7

monochromatic

#6D6620 #9C922E #C7BB40 #D5CC6F #E3DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C7BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C7BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BB40

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BB40	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7c',
    500: '#c7bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bb40;
$custom-light: #dbcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77983,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BB40

secondary

#9499CF

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BB40

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

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