#C7C050#C7C050

#C7C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.133 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C050
RGB	rgb(199, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -11.61, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 57.06, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.036 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.133 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8523, 50.4220, 15.0103)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C050 #5057C7

analogous

#C78550 #C7C050 #92C750

triadic

#C7C050 #50C7C0 #C050C7

tetradic

#C7C050 #50C785 #5057C7 #C75092

square

#C7C050 #50C785 #5057C7 #C75092

split-complementary

#C7C050 #5092C7 #8550C7

monochromatic

#777226 #A59E35 #C7C050 #D6D17E #E5E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C7C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C7C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C050

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C050	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.133 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd285',
    500: '#c7c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c050;
$custom-light: #dbd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79192,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C050

secondary

#3C407F

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C050

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

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