#C7BE51#C7BE51

#C7BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE51
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -10.51, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 55.84, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0328 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4533, 49.5646, 15.0610)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE51 #515AC7

analogous

#C78351 #C7BE51 #95C751

triadic

#C7BE51 #51C7BE #BE51C7

tetradic

#C7BE51 #51C783 #515AC7 #C75195

square

#C7BE51 #51C783 #515AC7 #C75195

split-complementary

#C7BE51 #5195C7 #8351C7

monochromatic

#777126 #A69D35 #C7BE51 #D6CF7F #E5E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C7BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C7BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE51

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE51	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd186',
    500: '#c7be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be51;
$custom-light: #dbd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78777,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE51

secondary

#A1A5D3

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE51

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

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