#C7C359#C7C359

#C7C359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C359
RGB	rgb(199, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -12.47, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 54.26, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0375 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.128 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.8728, 51.8949, 17.1022)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C359 #595DC7

analogous

#C78C59 #C7C359 #94C759

triadic

#C7C359 #59C7C3 #C359C7

tetradic

#C7C359 #59C78C #595DC7 #C75994

square

#C7C359 #59C78C #595DC7 #C75994

split-complementary

#C7C359 #5994C7 #8C59C7

monochromatic

#7C792A #AAA639 #C7C359 #D6D487 #E6E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C7C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#C7C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C359

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C359	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad58b',
    500: '#c7c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c359;
$custom-light: #dad58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79929,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.51894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C359

secondary

#404384

accent

#54D94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C359

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

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