#C7C640#C7C640

#C7C640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.151 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C640
RGB	rgb(199, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -15.63, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 65.90, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0491 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.151 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6742, 52.9018, 12.7073)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C640 #4041C7

analogous

#C78340 #C7C640 #84C740

triadic

#C7C640 #40C7C6 #C640C7

tetradic

#C7C640 #40C783 #4041C7 #C74084

square

#C7C640 #40C783 #4041C7 #C74084

split-complementary

#C7C640 #4084C7 #8340C7

monochromatic

#6D6C20 #9C9B2E #C7C640 #D5D46F #E3E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C7C640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C7C640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C640

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C640	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.151 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd77d',
    500: '#c7c640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c640;
$custom-light: #dbd77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C640

secondary

#353576

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C640

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

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