#C7C856#C7C856

#C7C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C856
RGB	rgb(199, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -15.23, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 57.70, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0457 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.136 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8884, 54.1237, 16.8319)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C856 #5756C8

analogous

#C89056 #C7C856 #8EC856

triadic

#C7C856 #56C7C8 #C856C7

tetradic

#C7C856 #56C890 #5756C8 #C8568E

square

#C7C856 #56C890 #5756C8 #C8568E

split-complementary

#C7C856 #568EC8 #9056C8

monochromatic

#7B7B28 #A9AA37 #C7C856 #D6D784 #E6E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C7C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C7C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C856

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C856	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad88a',
    500: '#c7c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c856;
$custom-light: #dad88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80968,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C856

secondary

#3F3F84

accent

#4DDA4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C856

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

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