#C7C49A#C7C49A

#C7C49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.056 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C49A
RGB	rgb(199, 196, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 22.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -5.79, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 22.29, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0138 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.056 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1257, 53.9558, 38.3922)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C49A #9A9DC7

analogous

#C7AE9A #C7C49A #B4C79A

triadic

#C7C49A #9AC7C4 #C49AC7

tetradic

#C7C49A #9AC7AE #9A9DC7 #C79AB4

square

#C7C49A #9AC7AE #9A9DC7 #C79AB4

split-complementary

#C7C49A #9AB4C7 #AE9AC7

monochromatic

#949052 #B1AD73 #C7C49A #DDDBC1 #F3F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C7C49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C7C49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C49A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C49A	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 196, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.056 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5b8',
    500: '#c7c49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c49a;
$custom-light: #d8d5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 28.662,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81206,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C49A

secondary

#6A6D9C

accent

#45A73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C49A

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

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