#C7E042#C7E042

#C7E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.178 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7E042
RGB	rgb(199, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -28.18, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 75.76, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0839 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.178 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1933, 65.8472, 15.1661)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7E042 #5B42E0

analogous

#E0AA42 #C7E042 #78E042

triadic

#C7E042 #42C7E0 #E042C7

tetradic

#C7E042 #42E0AA #5B42E0 #E04278

square

#C7E042 #42E0AA #5B42E0 #E04278

split-complementary

#C7E042 #4278E0 #AA42E0

monochromatic

#7D9018 #ABC520 #C7E042 #D7E977 #E6F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C7E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#C7E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7E042

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7E042	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.178 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce980',
    500: '#c7e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7e042;
$custom-light: #dce980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.494,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86034,
    "c": 0.17775,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7E042

secondary

#413195

accent

#39EF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7E042

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

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