#C7C173#C7C173

#C7C173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.100 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C173
RGB	rgb(199, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 42.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -9.07, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 40.95, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0252 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.1 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7185, 51.5210, 23.7526)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C173 #7379C7

analogous

#C79773 #C7C173 #A3C773

triadic

#C7C173 #73C7C1 #C173C7

tetradic

#C7C173 #73C797 #7379C7 #C773A3

square

#C7C173 #73C797 #7379C7 #C773A3

split-complementary

#C7C173 #73A3C7 #9773C7

monochromatic

#898337 #B5AD48 #C7C173 #D8D49F #EAE8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C7C173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C7C173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C173

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C173	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.100 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d39c',
    500: '#c7c173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c173;
$custom-light: #d9d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C173

secondary

#4E5390

accent

#39B630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C173

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

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