#C7BE55#C7BE55

#C7BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7BE55
RGB	rgb(199, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -10.22, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 54.06, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0315 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6078, 49.6264, 15.8743)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7BE55 #555EC7

analogous

#C78555 #C7BE55 #97C755

triadic

#C7BE55 #55C7BE #BE55C7

tetradic

#C7BE55 #55C785 #555EC7 #C75597

square

#C7BE55 #55C785 #555EC7 #C75597

split-complementary

#C7BE55 #5597C7 #8555C7

monochromatic

#7A7328 #A89F37 #C7BE55 #D6D083 #E5E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C7BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C7BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7BE55

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7BE55	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad188',
    500: '#c7be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7be55;
$custom-light: #dad188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78819,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7BE55

secondary

#A4A8D4

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7BE55

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

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