#C7C166#C7C166

#C7C166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C166
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -10.35, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 47.34, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0301 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.114 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0225, 51.2426, 20.0870)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C166 #666CC7

analogous

#C79166 #C7C166 #9DC766

triadic

#C7C166 #66C7C1 #C166C7

tetradic

#C7C166 #66C791 #666CC7 #C7669D

square

#C7C166 #66C791 #666CC7 #C7669D

split-complementary

#C7C166 #669DC7 #9166C7

monochromatic

#837E30 #B0A940 #C7C166 #D7D393 #E8E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C7C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C7C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C166

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C166	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad394',
    500: '#c7c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c166;
$custom-light: #dad394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79663,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C166

secondary

#474B8B

accent

#5AD652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C166

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

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