#C7BC3E#C7BC3E

#C7BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BC3E
RGB	rgb(199, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -10.66, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 62.98, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0353 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4076, 48.4580, 11.6760)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BC3E #3E49C7

analogous

#C7773E #C7BC3E #8DC73E

triadic

#C7BC3E #3EC7BC #BC3EC7

tetradic

#C7BC3E #3EC777 #3E49C7 #C73E8D

square

#C7BC3E #3EC777 #3E49C7 #C73E8D

split-complementary

#C7BC3E #3E8DC7 #773EC7

monochromatic

#6B651F #9B922D #C7BC3E #D5CC6D #E3DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C7BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C7BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BC3E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BC3E	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7b',
    500: '#c7bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bc3e;
$custom-light: #dbcf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7818,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BC3E

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#55DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BC3E

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

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