#C7BE2D#C7BE2D

#C7BE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.155 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE2D
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -12.45, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 69.54, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.042 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.155 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4421, 49.1601, 9.7353)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE2D #2D36C7

analogous

#C7712D #C7BE2D #83C72D

triadic

#C7BE2D #2DC7BE #BE2DC7

tetradic

#C7BE2D #2DC771 #2D36C7 #C72D83

square

#C7BE2D #2DC771 #2D36C7 #C72D83

split-complementary

#C7BE2D #2D83C7 #712DC7

monochromatic

#635F16 #958E22 #C7BE2D #D9D258 #E5DF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C7BE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C7BE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE2D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE2D	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.155 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd172',
    500: '#c7be2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be2d;
$custom-light: #dcd172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.494,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE2D

secondary

#8186CE

accent

#4BE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE2D

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

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