#C7C83B#C7C83B

#C7C83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.156 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C83B
RGB	rgb(199, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -16.88, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 68.47, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0531 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9984, 53.7677, 12.1447)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C83B #3C3BC8

analogous

#C8833B #C7C83B #80C83B

triadic

#C7C83B #3BC7C8 #C83BC7

tetradic

#C7C83B #3BC883 #3C3BC8 #C83B80

square

#C7C83B #3BC883 #3C3BC8 #C83B80

split-complementary

#C7C83B #3B80C8 #833BC8

monochromatic

#6A6B1E #9A9A2B #C7C83B #D5D56B #E2E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C7C83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C7C83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C83B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C83B	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)

#D8BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd87a',
    500: '#c7c83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c83b;
$custom-light: #dcd87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C83B

secondary

#333374

accent

#48DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C83B

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

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