#C7C938#C7C938

#C7C938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C938
RGB	rgb(199, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -17.52, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 69.88, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0552 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1552, 54.2022, 11.8240)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C938 #3A38C9

analogous

#C98338 #C7C938 #7EC938

triadic

#C7C938 #38C7C9 #C938C7

tetradic

#C7C938 #38C983 #3A38C9 #C9387E

square

#C7C938 #38C983 #3A38C9 #C9387E

split-complementary

#C7C938 #387EC9 #8338C9

monochromatic

#696A1D #989A2A #C7C938 #D5D668 #E2E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C7C938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C7C938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C938

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C938	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd979',
    500: '#c7c938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c938;
$custom-light: #dcd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80932,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C938

secondary

#323174

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C938

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

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