#C7C151#C7C151

#C7C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.133 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C151
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -12.05, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 57.02, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0372 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.133 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1098, 50.8775, 15.2798)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C151 #5157C7

analogous

#C78651 #C7C151 #92C751

triadic

#C7C151 #51C7C1 #C151C7

tetradic

#C7C151 #51C786 #5157C7 #C75192

square

#C7C151 #51C786 #5157C7 #C75192

split-complementary

#C7C151 #5192C7 #8651C7

monochromatic

#777326 #A6A035 #C7C151 #D6D17F #E5E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C7C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C7C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C151

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C151	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.133 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd386',
    500: '#c7c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c151;
$custom-light: #dbd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79416,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C151

secondary

#3C4080

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C151

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

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