#C7C16A#C7C16A

#C7C16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.110 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C16A
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 46.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -9.97, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 45.40, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0286 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.11 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2257, 51.3239, 21.1570)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C16A #6A70C7

analogous

#C7936A #C7C16A #9FC76A

triadic

#C7C16A #6AC7C1 #C16AC7

tetradic

#C7C16A #6AC793 #6A70C7 #C76A9F

square

#C7C16A #6AC793 #6A70C7 #C76A9F

split-complementary

#C7C16A #6A9FC7 #936AC7

monochromatic

#857F32 #B1AA43 #C7C16A #D8D496 #E8E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C7C16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C7C16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C16A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C16A	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.110 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad396',
    500: '#c7c16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c16a;
$custom-light: #dad396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 45.366,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C16A

secondary

#494D8C

accent

#5BD553

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C16A

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

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