#C7BD40#C7BD40

#C7BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BD40
RGB	rgb(199, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -11.07, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 62.56, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0363 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6779, 48.9091, 12.0418)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BD40 #404AC7

analogous

#C77A40 #C7BD40 #8DC740

triadic

#C7BD40 #40C7BD #BD40C7

tetradic

#C7BD40 #40C77A #404AC7 #C7408D

square

#C7BD40 #40C77A #404AC7 #C7408D

split-complementary

#C7BD40 #408DC7 #7A40C7

monochromatic

#6D6720 #9C942E #C7BD40 #D5CD6F #E3DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C7BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C7BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BD40

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BD40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd07c',
    500: '#c7bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bd40;
$custom-light: #dbd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78409,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BD40

secondary

#9498CF

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BD40

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

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