#C7BB42#C7BB42

#C7BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BB42
RGB	rgb(199, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -9.93, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 61.06, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0328 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3086, 48.0778, 12.2045)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BB42 #424EC7

analogous

#C77842 #C7BB42 #91C742

triadic

#C7BB42 #42C7BB #BB42C7

tetradic

#C7BB42 #42C778 #424EC7 #C74291

square

#C7BB42 #42C778 #424EC7 #C74291

split-complementary

#C7BB42 #4291C7 #7842C7

monochromatic

#6E6721 #9D932F #C7BB42 #D5CC71 #E3DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C7BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C7BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BB42

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BB42	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7d',
    500: '#c7bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bb42;
$custom-light: #dbcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BB42

secondary

#959BD0

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BB42

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

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