#C7CB42#C7CB42

#C7CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CB42
RGB	rgb(199, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -18.02, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 67.09, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0556 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.155 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.8939, 55.2485, 13.3997)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CB42 #4642CB

analogous

#CB8B42 #C7CB42 #82CB42

triadic

#C7CB42 #42C7CB #CB42C7

tetradic

#C7CB42 #42CB8B #4642CB #CB4282

square

#C7CB42 #42CB8B #4642CB #CB4282

split-complementary

#C7CB42 #4282CB #8B42CB

monochromatic

#717320 #A0A32D #C7CB42 #D5D872 #E3E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C7CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C7CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CB42

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CB42	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda7e',
    500: '#c7cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cb42;
$custom-light: #dbda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81436,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CB42

secondary

#37357C

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CB42

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

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