#C7C742#C7C742

#C7C742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C742
RGB	rgb(199, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -16.02, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 65.53, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.05 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.151 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9615, 53.3836, 13.0888)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C742 #4242C7

analogous

#C78542 #C7C742 #85C742

triadic

#C7C742 #42C7C7 #C742C7

tetradic

#C7C742 #42C785 #4242C7 #C74285

square

#C7C742 #42C785 #4242C7 #C74285

split-complementary

#C7C742 #4285C7 #8542C7

monochromatic

#6E6E21 #9D9D2F #C7C742 #D5D571 #E3E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C7C742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C7C742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C742

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C742	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd77e',
    500: '#c7c742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c742;
$custom-light: #dbd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C742

secondary

#363678

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C742

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

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