#C7C540#C7C540

#C7C540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.150 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C540
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -15.13, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 65.52, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0477 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.15 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4464, 52.4462, 12.6313)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C540 #4042C7

analogous

#C78240 #C7C540 #86C740

triadic

#C7C540 #40C7C5 #C540C7

tetradic

#C7C540 #40C782 #4042C7 #C74086

square

#C7C540 #40C782 #4042C7 #C74086

split-complementary

#C7C540 #4086C7 #8240C7

monochromatic

#6D6C20 #9C9A2E #C7C540 #D5D36F #E3E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C7C540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C7C540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C540

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C540	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.150 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd67d',
    500: '#c7c540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c540;
$custom-light: #dbd67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C540

secondary

#353676

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C540

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

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