#C7C842#C7C842

#C7C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.152 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C842
RGB	rgb(199, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -16.52, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 65.91, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0514 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.152 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1923, 53.8453, 13.1658)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C842 #4342C8

analogous

#C88642 #C7C842 #84C842

triadic

#C7C842 #42C7C8 #C842C7

tetradic

#C7C842 #42C886 #4342C8 #C84284

square

#C7C842 #42C886 #4342C8 #C84284

split-complementary

#C7C842 #4284C8 #8642C8

monochromatic

#6F6F20 #9E9F2E #C7C842 #D5D671 #E3E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C7C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C7C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C842

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C842	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.152 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd87e',
    500: '#c7c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c842;
$custom-light: #dbd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C842

secondary

#363679

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C842

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

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