#C7BD3E#C7BD3E

#C7BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BD3E
RGB	rgb(199, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -11.17, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 63.33, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0368 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.144 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6220, 48.8867, 11.7475)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BD3E #3E48C7

analogous

#C7783E #C7BD3E #8CC73E

triadic

#C7BD3E #3EC7BD #BD3EC7

tetradic

#C7BD3E #3EC778 #3E48C7 #C73E8C

square

#C7BD3E #3EC778 #3E48C7 #C73E8C

split-complementary

#C7BD3E #3E8CC7 #783EC7

monochromatic

#6B661F #9B932D #C7BD3E #D5CD6D #E3DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C7BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C7BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BD3E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BD3E	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd07b',
    500: '#c7bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bd3e;
$custom-light: #dbd07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78393,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BD3E

secondary

#9297CF

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BD3E

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

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