#C7C140#C7C140

#C7C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C140
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -13.11, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 64.02, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.042 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5502, 50.6537, 12.3326)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C140 #4046C7

analogous

#C77E40 #C7C140 #8AC740

triadic

#C7C140 #40C7C1 #C140C7

tetradic

#C7C140 #40C77E #4046C7 #C7408A

square

#C7C140 #40C77E #4046C7 #C7408A

split-complementary

#C7C140 #408AC7 #7E40C7

monochromatic

#6D6920 #9C972E #C7C140 #D5D06F #E3E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C7C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#C7C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C140

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C140	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd37c',
    500: '#c7c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c140;
$custom-light: #dbd37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79264,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C140

secondary

#353876

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C140

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

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