#C7BE45#C7BE45

#C7BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE45
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -11.29, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 60.94, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0364 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0424, 49.4002, 12.8970)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE45 #454EC7

analogous

#C77D45 #C7BE45 #8FC745

triadic

#C7BE45 #45C7BE #BE45C7

tetradic

#C7BE45 #45C77D #454EC7 #C7458F

square

#C7BE45 #45C77D #454EC7 #C7458F

split-complementary

#C7BE45 #458FC7 #7D45C7

monochromatic

#706A22 #9F9730 #C7BE45 #D5CE74 #E3DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C7BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C7BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE45

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE45	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd17f',
    500: '#c7be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be45;
$custom-light: #dbd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE45

secondary

#989CD0

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE45

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

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