#C7C542#C7C542

#C7C542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.149 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C542
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -15.02, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 64.75, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0472 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.149 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5044, 52.4693, 12.9365)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C542 #4244C7

analogous

#C78342 #C7C542 #86C742

triadic

#C7C542 #42C7C5 #C542C7

tetradic

#C7C542 #42C783 #4244C7 #C74286

square

#C7C542 #42C783 #4244C7 #C74286

split-complementary

#C7C542 #4286C7 #8342C7

monochromatic

#6E6D21 #9D9C2F #C7C542 #D5D371 #E3E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C7C542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C7C542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C542

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C542	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)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.149 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd67e',
    500: '#c7c542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c542;
$custom-light: #dbd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80139,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C542

secondary

#363778

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C542

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

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