#C7C79E#C7C79E

#C7C79E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.055 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C79E
RGB	rgb(199, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -6.77, 20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 21.68, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0166 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.055 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1479, 55.4582, 40.4038)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C79E #9E9EC7

analogous

#C7B39E #C7C79E #B3C79E

triadic

#C7C79E #9EC7C7 #C79EC7

tetradic

#C7C79E #9EC7B3 #9E9EC7 #C79EB3

square

#C7C79E #9EC7B3 #9E9EC7 #C79EB3

split-complementary

#C7C79E #9EB2C7 #B29EC7

monochromatic

#959556 #B1B177 #C7C79E #DDDDC5 #F4F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C7C79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C7C79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C79E

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C79E	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.055 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8ba',
    500: '#c7c79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c79e;
$custom-light: #d8d8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81918,
    "c": 0.05506,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C79E

secondary

#6E6E9C

accent

#40A540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C79E

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

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