#C7CA59#C7CA59

#C7CA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.136 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CA59
RGB	rgb(199, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -16.00, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 57.23, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0476 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.136 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4781, 55.1055, 17.6373)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CA59 #5C59CA

analogous

#CA9559 #C7CA59 #8FCA59

triadic

#C7CA59 #59C7CA #CA59C7

tetradic

#C7CA59 #59CA95 #5C59CA #CA598F

square

#C7CA59 #59CA95 #5C59CA #CA598F

split-complementary

#C7CA59 #598FCA #9559CA

monochromatic

#7D8029 #ABAE38 #C7CA59 #D7D987 #E6E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C7CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C7CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CA59

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CA59	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.136 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada8c',
    500: '#c7ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ca59;
$custom-light: #dada8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.593,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8143,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CA59

secondary

#424088

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CA59

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

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