#C7BC38#C7BC38

#C7BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BC38
RGB	rgb(199, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -10.96, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 65.21, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0368 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2520, 48.3957, 10.8563)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BC38 #3843C7

analogous

#C77538 #C7BC38 #8AC738

triadic

#C7BC38 #38C7BC #BC38C7

tetradic

#C7BC38 #38C775 #3843C7 #C7388A

square

#C7BC38 #38C775 #3843C7 #C7388A

split-complementary

#C7BC38 #388AC7 #7538C7

monochromatic

#67621D #978F2B #C7BC38 #D4CC68 #E2DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C7BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C7BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BC38

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BC38	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf77',
    500: '#c7bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bc38;
$custom-light: #dccf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78136,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BC38

secondary

#8D92CD

accent

#54DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BC38

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

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