#C7C238#C7C238

#C7C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.152 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C238
RGB	rgb(199, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -14.01, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 67.31, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0454 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.152 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5605, 51.0127, 11.2925)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C238 #383DC7

analogous

#C77A38 #C7C238 #85C738

triadic

#C7C238 #38C7C2 #C238C7

tetradic

#C7C238 #38C77A #383DC7 #C73885

square

#C7C238 #38C77A #383DC7 #C73885

split-complementary

#C7C238 #3885C7 #7A38C7

monochromatic

#67651D #97932B #C7C238 #D4D168 #E2DF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C7C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C7C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C238

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C238	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.152 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd478',
    500: '#c7c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c238;
$custom-light: #dcd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C238

secondary

#323472

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C238

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

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