#C7C855#C7C855

#C7C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.137 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C855
RGB	rgb(199, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -15.30, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 58.13, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.046 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.137 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8484, 54.1077, 16.6212)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C855 #5655C8

analogous

#C88F55 #C7C855 #8DC855

triadic

#C7C855 #55C7C8 #C855C7

tetradic

#C7C855 #55C88F #5655C8 #C8558D

square

#C7C855 #55C88F #5655C8 #C8558D

split-complementary

#C7C855 #558DC8 #8F55C8

monochromatic

#7A7B28 #A8A937 #C7C855 #D6D783 #E5E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C7C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C7C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C855

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C855	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.137 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd889',
    500: '#c7c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c855;
$custom-light: #dbd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80957,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C855

secondary

#3F3E83

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C855

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

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