#C7C426#C7C426

#C7C426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.163 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C426
RGB	rgb(199, 196, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -15.72, 71.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 73.50, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0516 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6447, 51.7634, 9.5257)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C426 #2629C7

analogous

#C77426 #C7C426 #7AC726

triadic

#C7C426 #26C7C4 #C426C7

tetradic

#C7C426 #26C774 #2629C7 #C7267A

square

#C7C426 #26C774 #2629C7 #C7267A

split-complementary

#C7C426 #267AC7 #7426C7

monochromatic

#605F12 #94911C #C7C426 #DDDA4D #E7E581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C7C426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C7C426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C426

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C426	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 196, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd570',
    500: '#c7c426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c426;
$custom-light: #dcd570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C426

secondary

#26276B

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C426

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

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