#C7C679#C7C679

#C7C679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.099 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C679
RGB	rgb(199, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -11.00, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 40.22, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0302 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.099 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1991, 53.9117, 26.0051)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C679 #797AC7

analogous

#C79F79 #C7C679 #A1C779

triadic

#C7C679 #79C7C6 #C679C7

tetradic

#C7C679 #79C79F #797AC7 #C779A1

square

#C7C679 #79C79F #797AC7 #C779A1

split-complementary

#C7C679 #79A1C7 #9F79C7

monochromatic

#8B8A3A #B5B44E #C7C679 #D9D8A4 #EBEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C7C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C7C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C679

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C679	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.099 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d7a1',
    500: '#c7c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c679;
$custom-light: #d9d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81003,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C679

secondary

#515293

accent

#33B431

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C679

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

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