#C7BC42#C7BC42

#C7BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.140 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BC42
RGB	rgb(199, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -10.44, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 61.42, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0343 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5215, 48.5035, 12.2755)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BC42 #424DC7

analogous

#C77A42 #C7BC42 #8FC742

triadic

#C7BC42 #42C7BC #BC42C7

tetradic

#C7BC42 #42C77A #424DC7 #C7428F

square

#C7BC42 #42C77A #424DC7 #C7428F

split-complementary

#C7BC42 #428FC7 #7A42C7

monochromatic

#6E6821 #9D942F #C7BC42 #D5CD71 #E3DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C7BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C7BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BC42

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BC42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7d',
    500: '#c7bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bc42;
$custom-light: #dbcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BC42

secondary

#959AD0

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BC42

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

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