#C7CD3E#C7CD3E

#C7CD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.160 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CD3E
RGB	rgb(199, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -19.22, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 69.34, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0594 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.16 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2555, 56.1537, 12.9586)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CD3E #443ECD

analogous

#CD8B3E #C7CD3E #80CD3E

triadic

#C7CD3E #3EC7CD #CD3EC7

tetradic

#C7CD3E #3ECD8B #443ECD #CD3E80

square

#C7CD3E #3ECD8B #443ECD #CD3E80

split-complementary

#C7CD3E #3E80CD #8B3ECD

monochromatic

#6F731E #9EA32A #C7CD3E #D5DA6F #E3E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C7CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C7CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CD3E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CD3E	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.160 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7c',
    500: '#c7cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cd3e;
$custom-light: #dbdc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81841,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CD3E

secondary

#37347C

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CD3E

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

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