#C7C438#C7C438

#C7C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.154 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C438
RGB	rgb(199, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -15.02, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 68.04, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0482 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.154 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0086, 51.9089, 11.4418)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C438 #383BC7

analogous

#C77C38 #C7C438 #83C738

triadic

#C7C438 #38C7C4 #C438C7

tetradic

#C7C438 #38C77C #383BC7 #C73883

square

#C7C438 #38C77C #383BC7 #C73883

split-complementary

#C7C438 #3883C7 #7C38C7

monochromatic

#67661D #97952B #C7C438 #D4D268 #E2E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C7C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#C7C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C438

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C438	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd578',
    500: '#c7c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c438;
$custom-light: #dcd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C438

secondary

#323372

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C438

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

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