#C7C040#C7C040

#C7C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C040
RGB	rgb(199, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -12.60, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 63.65, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0406 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3299, 50.2131, 12.2592)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C040 #4047C7

analogous

#C77D40 #C7C040 #8BC740

triadic

#C7C040 #40C7C0 #C040C7

tetradic

#C7C040 #40C77D #4047C7 #C7408B

square

#C7C040 #40C77D #4047C7 #C7408B

split-complementary

#C7C040 #408BC7 #7D40C7

monochromatic

#6D6920 #9C962E #C7C040 #D5D06F #E3DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C7C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C7C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C040

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C040	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd27c',
    500: '#c7c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c040;
$custom-light: #dbd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7905,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C040

secondary

#353876

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C040

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

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