#C7BC40#C7BC40

#C7BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BC40
RGB	rgb(199, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -10.55, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 62.21, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0348 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4635, 48.4804, 11.9704)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BC40 #404BC7

analogous

#C77940 #C7BC40 #8FC740

triadic

#C7BC40 #40C7BC #BC40C7

tetradic

#C7BC40 #40C779 #404BC7 #C7408F

square

#C7BC40 #40C779 #404BC7 #C7408F

split-complementary

#C7BC40 #408FC7 #7940C7

monochromatic

#6D6620 #9C932E #C7BC40 #D5CD6F #E3DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C7BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C7BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BC40

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BC40	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7c',
    500: '#c7bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bc40;
$custom-light: #dbcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78196,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BC40

secondary

#9499CF

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BC40

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

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