#C7BE35#C7BE35

#C7BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.151 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE35
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -12.12, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 66.95, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0403 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.151 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6110, 49.2277, 10.6248)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE35 #353EC7

analogous

#C77535 #C7BE35 #87C735

triadic

#C7BE35 #35C7BE #BE35C7

tetradic

#C7BE35 #35C775 #353EC7 #C73587

square

#C7BE35 #35C775 #353EC7 #C73587

split-complementary

#C7BE35 #3587C7 #7535C7

monochromatic

#66621B #979028 #C7BE35 #D6CF64 #E2DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C7BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C7BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE35

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE35	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)

#CFB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.151 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd176',
    500: '#c7be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be35;
$custom-light: #dcd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78544,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE35

secondary

#8A8ECE

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE35

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

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