#C7C599#C7C599

#C7C599 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.059 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C599
RGB	rgb(199, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -6.45, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 23.30, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0157 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.059 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2691, 54.3752, 38.0308)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C599 #999BC7

analogous

#C7AE99 #C7C599 #B2C799

triadic

#C7C599 #99C7C5 #C599C7

tetradic

#C7C599 #99C7AE #999BC7 #C799B2

square

#C7C599 #99C7AE #999BC7 #C799B2

split-complementary

#C7C599 #99B2C7 #AE99C7

monochromatic

#949151 #B1AF71 #C7C599 #DDDBC1 #F2F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C7C599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C7C599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C599

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C599	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.059 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d6b7',
    500: '#c7c599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c599;
$custom-light: #d8d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81392,
    "c": 0.05897,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C599

secondary

#696B9C

accent

#42A83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C599

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

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