#C7BE3A#C7BE3A

#C7BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE3A
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -11.89, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 65.18, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0392 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7321, 49.2761, 11.2625)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE3A #3A43C7

analogous

#C7773A #C7BE3A #8AC73A

triadic

#C7BE3A #3AC7BE #BE3AC7

tetradic

#C7BE3A #3AC777 #3A43C7 #C73A8A

square

#C7BE3A #3AC777 #3A43C7 #C73A8A

split-complementary

#C7BE3A #3A8AC7 #773AC7

monochromatic

#69641E #98912B #C7BE3A #D5CE6A #E2DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C7BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C7BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE3A

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE3A	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd179',
    500: '#c7be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be3a;
$custom-light: #dcd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78577,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE3A

secondary

#8F93CE

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE3A

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

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