#C7C973#C7C973

#C7C973 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.109 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7C973
RGB	rgb(199, 201, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 42.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -13.16, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 44.59, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0369 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.109 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5351, 55.1542, 24.3581)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7C973 #7573C9

analogous

#C9A073 #C7C973 #9CC973

triadic

#C7C973 #73C7C9 #C973C7

tetradic

#C7C973 #73C9A0 #7573C9 #C9739C

square

#C7C973 #73C9A0 #7573C9 #C9739C

split-complementary

#C7C973 #739CC9 #A073C9

monochromatic

#8A8C36 #B5B847 #C7C973 #D9DA9F #EAEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C7C973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C7C973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7C973

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7C973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7C973	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7c973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 201, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.109 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d99d',
    500: '#c7c973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7c973;
$custom-light: #d9d99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7c973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81549,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7C973

secondary

#4F4D93

accent

#2EB731

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7C973

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

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