#C7CD59#C7CD59

#C7CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.139 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CD59
RGB	rgb(199, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -17.50, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 58.53, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0518 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.139 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1888, 56.5270, 17.8742)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CD59 #5F59CD

analogous

#CD9959 #C7CD59 #8DCD59

triadic

#C7CD59 #59C7CD #CD59C7

tetradic

#C7CD59 #59CD99 #5F59CD #CD598D

square

#C7CD59 #59CD99 #5F59CD #CD598D

split-complementary

#C7CD59 #598DCD #9959CD

monochromatic

#7F8428 #ACB336 #C7CD59 #D7DB88 #E7E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C7CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C7CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CD59

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CD59	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.139 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc8c',
    500: '#c7cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cd59;
$custom-light: #dadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82078,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CD59

secondary

#433F8B

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CD59

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

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