#C7CD42#C7CD42

#C7CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.157 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CD42
RGB	rgb(199, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -19.01, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 67.89, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0584 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.157 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3693, 56.1992, 13.5581)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CD42 #4842CD

analogous

#CD8D42 #C7CD42 #81CD42

triadic

#C7CD42 #42C7CD #CD42C7

tetradic

#C7CD42 #42CD8D #4842CD #CD4281

square

#C7CD42 #42CD8D #4842CD #CD4281

split-complementary

#C7CD42 #4281CD #8D42CD

monochromatic

#72761F #A1A62C #C7CD42 #D5DA72 #E4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C7CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C7CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CD42

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CD42	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.157 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7e',
    500: '#c7cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cd42;
$custom-light: #dbdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8187,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CD42

secondary

#38357E

accent

#46E14D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CD42

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

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