#C7CE42#C7CE42

#C7CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.158 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CE42
RGB	rgb(199, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -19.50, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 68.29, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0598 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.158 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6093, 56.6792, 13.6381)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CE42 #4942CE

analogous

#CE8F42 #C7CE42 #81CE42

triadic

#C7CE42 #42C7CE #CE42C7

tetradic

#C7CE42 #42CE8F #4942CE #CE4281

square

#C7CE42 #42CE8F #4942CE #CE4281

split-complementary

#C7CE42 #4281CE #8F42CE

monochromatic

#72771F #A1A72B #C7CE42 #D5DB73 #E4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C7CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#C7CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CE42

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CE42	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.158 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7f',
    500: '#c7ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7ce42;
$custom-light: #dbdc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82087,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CE42

secondary

#39357F

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CE42

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

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