#C7C042#C7C042

#C7C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C042
RGB	rgb(199, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -12.49, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 62.87, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0401 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3878, 50.2362, 12.5643)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C042 #4249C7

analogous

#C77E42 #C7C042 #8CC742

triadic

#C7C042 #42C7C0 #C042C7

tetradic

#C7C042 #42C77E #4249C7 #C7428C

square

#C7C042 #42C77E #4249C7 #C7428C

split-complementary

#C7C042 #428CC7 #7E42C7

monochromatic

#6E6A21 #9D972F #C7C042 #D5D071 #E3DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C7C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C7C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C042

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C042	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd27d',
    500: '#c7c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c042;
$custom-light: #dbd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79065,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C042

secondary

#363978

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C042

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

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