#C7C226#C7C226

#C7C226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.162 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C226
RGB	rgb(199, 194, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -14.71, 71.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 72.83, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0488 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.162 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1966, 50.8672, 9.3763)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C226 #262BC7

analogous

#C77226 #C7C226 #7CC726

triadic

#C7C226 #26C7C2 #C226C7

tetradic

#C7C226 #26C772 #262BC7 #C7267C

square

#C7C226 #26C772 #262BC7 #C7267C

split-complementary

#C7C226 #267CC7 #7226C7

monochromatic

#605E12 #94901C #C7C226 #DDD94D #E7E481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C7C226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C7C226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C226

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C226	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6BF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 194, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.162 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd470',
    500: '#c7c226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c226;
$custom-light: #dcd470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.137,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C226

secondary

#26286B

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C226

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

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