#C7CA42#C7CA42

#C7CA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.154 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CA42
RGB	rgb(199, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -17.52, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 66.70, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0542 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.154 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6586, 54.7777, 13.3212)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CA42 #4542CA

analogous

#CA8942 #C7CA42 #83CA42

triadic

#C7CA42 #42C7CA #CA42C7

tetradic

#C7CA42 #42CA89 #4542CA #CA4283

square

#C7CA42 #42CA89 #4542CA #CA4283

split-complementary

#C7CA42 #4283CA #8942CA

monochromatic

#707220 #9FA22D #C7CA42 #D5D772 #E3E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C7CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C7CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CA42

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CA42	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.154 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd97e',
    500: '#c7ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ca42;
$custom-light: #dbd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81219,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CA42

secondary

#37357B

accent

#48DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CA42

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

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