#C7C537#C7C537

#C7C537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.156 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C537
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -15.57, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 68.74, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0498 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.156 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2107, 52.3519, 11.3898)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C537 #3739C7

analogous

#C77D37 #C7C537 #81C737

triadic

#C7C537 #37C7C5 #C537C7

tetradic

#C7C537 #37C77D #3739C7 #C73781

square

#C7C537 #37C77D #3739C7 #C73781

split-complementary

#C7C537 #3781C7 #7D37C7

monochromatic

#67661C #97962A #C7C537 #D5D366 #E2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C7C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C7C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C537

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C537	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.156 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd678',
    500: '#c7c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c537;
$custom-light: #dcd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C537

secondary

#313271

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C537

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

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