#C7BD42#C7BD42

#C7BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BD42
RGB	rgb(199, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -10.96, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 61.78, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0357 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7358, 48.9322, 12.3469)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BD42 #424CC7

analogous

#C77B42 #C7BD42 #8EC742

triadic

#C7BD42 #42C7BD #BD42C7

tetradic

#C7BD42 #42C77B #424CC7 #C7428E

square

#C7BD42 #42C77B #424CC7 #C7428E

split-complementary

#C7BD42 #428EC7 #7B42C7

monochromatic

#6E6821 #9D952F #C7BD42 #D5CD71 #E3DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C7BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C7BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BD42

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BD42	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd07d',
    500: '#c7bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bd42;
$custom-light: #dbd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78425,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BD42

secondary

#959AD0

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BD42

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

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