#C7C838#C7C838

#C7C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.158 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C838
RGB	rgb(199, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -17.03, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 69.51, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0538 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.158 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9229, 53.7375, 11.7466)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C838 #3938C8

analogous

#C88138 #C7C838 #7FC838

triadic

#C7C838 #38C7C8 #C838C7

tetradic

#C7C838 #38C881 #3938C8 #C8387F

square

#C7C838 #38C881 #3938C8 #C8387F

split-complementary

#C7C838 #387FC8 #8138C8

monochromatic

#68691D #98992A #C7C838 #D4D568 #E2E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C7C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C7C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C838

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C838	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.158 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd879',
    500: '#c7c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c838;
$custom-light: #dcd879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80716,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C838

secondary

#323273

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C838

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

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