#C7CC42#C7CC42

#C7CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CC42
RGB	rgb(199, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -18.51, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 67.49, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.057 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.156 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1309, 55.7223, 13.4786)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CC42 #4742CC

analogous

#CC8C42 #C7CC42 #82CC42

triadic

#C7CC42 #42C7CC #CC42C7

tetradic

#C7CC42 #42CC8C #4742CC #CC4282

square

#C7CC42 #42CC8C #4742CC #CC4282

split-complementary

#C7CC42 #4282CC #8C42CC

monochromatic

#71741F #A0A42C #C7CC42 #D5D972 #E4E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C7CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C7CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CC42

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CC42	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb7e',
    500: '#c7cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cc42;
$custom-light: #dbdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CC42

secondary

#38357D

accent

#47E14D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CC42

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

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