#C7D856#C7D856

#C7D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.154 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7D856
RGB	rgb(199, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -23.12, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 64.71, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0679 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7898, 61.9264, 18.1324)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7D856 #6756D8

analogous

#D8A856 #C7D856 #86D856

triadic

#C7D856 #56C7D8 #D856C7

tetradic

#C7D856 #56D8A8 #6756D8 #D85686

square

#C7D856 #56D8A8 #6756D8 #D85686

split-complementary

#C7D856 #5686D8 #A856D8

monochromatic

#839222 #B0C42D #C7D856 #D7E388 #E8EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C7D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#C7D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7D856

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7D856	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48b',
    500: '#c7d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7d856;
$custom-light: #dbe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84439,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7D856

secondary

#473B97

accent

#42E658

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7D856

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

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