#C7C342#C7C342

#C7C342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.147 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C342
RGB	rgb(199, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -14.01, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 63.99, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0444 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.147 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0532, 51.5671, 12.7861)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C342 #4246C7

analogous

#C78042 #C7C342 #89C742

triadic

#C7C342 #42C7C3 #C342C7

tetradic

#C7C342 #42C780 #4246C7 #C74289

square

#C7C342 #42C780 #4246C7 #C74289

split-complementary

#C7C342 #4289C7 #8042C7

monochromatic

#6E6C21 #9D9A2F #C7C342 #D5D271 #E3E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C7C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C7C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C342

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C342	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.147 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd47e',
    500: '#c7c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c342;
$custom-light: #dbd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C342

secondary

#363878

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C342

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

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