#C7BE40#C7BE40

#C7BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.144 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE40
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -11.58, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 62.92, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0377 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.144 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8937, 49.3408, 12.1138)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE40 #4049C7

analogous

#C77B40 #C7BE40 #8DC740

triadic

#C7BE40 #40C7BE #BE40C7

tetradic

#C7BE40 #40C77B #4049C7 #C7408D

square

#C7BE40 #40C77B #4049C7 #C7408D

split-complementary

#C7BE40 #408DC7 #7B40C7

monochromatic

#6D6820 #9C952E #C7BE40 #D5CE6F #E3DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C7BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C7BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE40

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE40	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.144 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd17c',
    500: '#c7be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be40;
$custom-light: #dbd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78622,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE40

secondary

#9498CF

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE40

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

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