#C7C596#C7C596

#C7C596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.063 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C596
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 24.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -6.87, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 24.87, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.017 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.063 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0244, 54.2774, 36.7422)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C596 #9698C7

analogous

#C7AC96 #C7C596 #B0C796

triadic

#C7C596 #96C7C5 #C596C7

tetradic

#C7C596 #96C7AC #9698C7 #C796B0

square

#C7C596 #96C7AC #9698C7 #C796B0

split-complementary

#C7C596 #96B0C7 #AC96C7

monochromatic

#94914F #B2AF6E #C7C596 #DCDBBE #F2F1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C7C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C7C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C596

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C596	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.063 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d6b5',
    500: '#c7c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c596;
$custom-light: #d8d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.0628,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C596

secondary

#66689C

accent

#41A93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C596

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

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