#C7BD59#C7BD59

#C7BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BD59
RGB	rgb(199, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -9.40, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 51.83, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0287 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5553, 49.2601, 16.6631)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BD59 #5963C7

analogous

#C78659 #C7BD59 #9AC759

triadic

#C7BD59 #59C7BD #BD59C7

tetradic

#C7BD59 #59C786 #5963C7 #C7599A

square

#C7BD59 #59C786 #5963C7 #C7599A

split-complementary

#C7BD59 #599AC7 #8659C7

monochromatic

#7C742A #AA9F39 #C7BD59 #D6CF87 #E6E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C7BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C7BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BD59

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BD59	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad08b',
    500: '#c7bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7bd59;
$custom-light: #dad08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BD59

secondary

#A7ABD4

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BD59

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

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