#C7C357#C7C357

#C7C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C357
RGB	rgb(199, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -12.63, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 55.17, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0382 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.13 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.7899, 51.8618, 16.6659)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C357 #575BC7

analogous

#C78B57 #C7C357 #93C757

triadic

#C7C357 #57C7C3 #C357C7

tetradic

#C7C357 #57C78B #575BC7 #C75793

square

#C7C357 #57C78B #575BC7 #C75793

split-complementary

#C7C357 #5793C7 #8B57C7

monochromatic

#7B7829 #A9A538 #C7C357 #D6D385 #E6E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C7C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C7C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C357

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C357	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad48a',
    500: '#c7c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c357;
$custom-light: #dad48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79906,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.5186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C357

secondary

#3F4283

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C357

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

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