#C7C53B#C7C53B

#C7C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.153 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C53B
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -15.38, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 67.35, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0489 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3105, 52.3918, 11.9153)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C53B #3B3DC7

analogous

#C77F3B #C7C53B #83C73B

triadic

#C7C53B #3BC7C5 #C53BC7

tetradic

#C7C53B #3BC77F #3B3DC7 #C73B83

square

#C7C53B #3BC77F #3B3DC7 #C73B83

split-complementary

#C7C53B #3B83C7 #7F3BC7

monochromatic

#69681E #99982C #C7C53B #D5D36B #E2E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C7C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C7C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C53B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C53B	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd67a',
    500: '#c7c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c53b;
$custom-light: #dcd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C53B

secondary

#333473

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C53B

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

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