#C7BE3B#C7BE3B

#C7BE3B 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	#C7BE3B
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -11.84, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 64.81, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.039 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7578, 49.2864, 11.3978)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE3B #3B44C7

analogous

#C7783B #C7BE3B #8AC73B

triadic

#C7BE3B #3BC7BE #BE3BC7

tetradic

#C7BE3B #3BC778 #3B44C7 #C73B8A

square

#C7BE3B #3BC778 #3B44C7 #C73B8A

split-complementary

#C7BE3B #3B8AC7 #783BC7

monochromatic

#69651E #99922C #C7BE3B #D5CE6B #E2DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C7BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C7BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE3B

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE3B	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)

#CEB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd179',
    500: '#c7be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be3b;
$custom-light: #dcd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78584,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE3B

secondary

#9094CE

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE3B

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

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