#C7C162#C7C162

#C7C162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C162
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 50.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -10.71, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 49.25, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0315 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.118 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8289, 51.1652, 19.0673)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C162 #6268C7

analogous

#C78E62 #C7C162 #9AC762

triadic

#C7C162 #62C7C1 #C162C7

tetradic

#C7C162 #62C78E #6268C7 #C7629A

square

#C7C162 #62C78E #6268C7 #C7629A

split-complementary

#C7C162 #629AC7 #8E62C7

monochromatic

#817C2E #AEA73E #C7C162 #D7D38F #E7E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C7C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#C7C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C162

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C162	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad391',
    500: '#c7c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c162;
$custom-light: #dad391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79611,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C162

secondary

#454989

accent

#59D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C162

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

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