#C7BE4A#C7BE4A

#C7BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE4A
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -10.99, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 58.87, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0349 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2042, 49.4650, 13.7491)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE4A #4A53C7

analogous

#C77F4A #C7BE4A #91C74A

triadic

#C7BE4A #4AC7BE #BE4AC7

tetradic

#C7BE4A #4AC77F #4A53C7 #C74A91

square

#C7BE4A #4AC77F #4A53C7 #C74A91

split-complementary

#C7BE4A #4A91C7 #7F4AC7

monochromatic

#736D24 #A29A32 #C7BE4A #D5CF79 #E4E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C7BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C7BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE4A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE4A	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd182',
    500: '#c7be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be4a;
$custom-light: #dbd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78708,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE4A

secondary

#9C9FD1

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE4A

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

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