#C7C396#C7C396

#C7C396 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.060 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C396
RGB	rgb(199, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 24.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -5.83, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 23.91, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.014 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.06 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5733, 53.3751, 36.5919)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C396 #969AC7

analogous

#C7AA96 #C7C396 #B2C796

triadic

#C7C396 #96C7C3 #C396C7

tetradic

#C7C396 #96C7AA #969AC7 #C796B2

square

#C7C396 #96C7AA #969AC7 #C796B2

split-complementary

#C7C396 #96B2C7 #AA96C7

monochromatic

#948E4F #B2AC6E #C7C396 #DCDABE #F2F1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C7C396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C7C396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C396

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C396	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.060 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5b5',
    500: '#c7c396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c396;
$custom-light: #d8d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80911,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C396

secondary

#666A9C

accent

#45A93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C396

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

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