#C7CD38#C7CD38

#C7CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.163 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CD38
RGB	rgb(199, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -19.51, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 71.40, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0607 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.163 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0998, 56.0914, 12.1389)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CD38 #3E38CD

analogous

#CD8838 #C7CD38 #7CCD38

triadic

#C7CD38 #38C7CD #CD38C7

tetradic

#C7CD38 #38CD88 #3E38CD #CD387C

square

#C7CD38 #38CD88 #3E38CD #CD387C

split-complementary

#C7CD38 #387CCD #8838CD

monochromatic

#6B6F1C #9BA028 #C7CD38 #D5D969 #E3E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C7CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C7CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CD38

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CD38	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.163 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc79',
    500: '#c7cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cd38;
$custom-light: #dcdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.416,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81801,
    "c": 0.16327,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CD38

secondary

#343178

accent

#45E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CD38

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

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