HEX atlas value

#C7B56E

#C7B56E is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Bamboo. RGB 199, 181, 110, HSL 48° 44% 61%, luminance 0.4632; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm earth-tone

#C7B56E Sample readable text

HEX #C7B56E

RGB rgb(199, 181, 110)

HSL hsl(48 44% 61%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 9, 45, 22)

Luminance 0.4632

Contrast Black 10.26:1White 2.05:1

CSS

--color-c7b56e: #C7B56E;
.background-c7b56e { background-color: #C7B56E; }
.text-c7b56e { color: #C7B56E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C7B56E

#C7B56E is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #C7B56E is visually closest to Bamboo, a named yellow color with HEX #C7B56E.

The RGB channels are 199, 181, and 110, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 48deg with 44% saturation and 61% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.4632, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.26:1AA Pass

White text2.05:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C7B56E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.26:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.05:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E1D8B2#E1D8B2 · #000000 text · best 14.67:1 #DDC35A#DDC35A · #000000 text · best 12.03:1 #ADC770#ADC770 · #000000 text · best 11.18:1 Champagne Gold#D6B971 · #000000 text · best 11.04:1 Dark Khaki#BDB76B · #000000 text · best 10.15:1

Generated Palette

Bamboo#C7B56E

#7081C7#7081C7

#C78A70#C78A70

#ADC770#ADC770

#E1D8B2#E1D8B2

#9E8B3D#9E8B3D

Color Harmonies

#7081C7#7081C7

#C78A70#C78A70

#ADC770#ADC770

#70C7B6#70C7B6

#B670C7#B670C7

Variants

#E1D8B2#E1D8B2

#9E8B3D#9E8B3D

#DDC35A#DDC35A

#B1A986#B1A986

#E6E2D1#E6E2D1

#FFDF61#FFDF61

Nearest Named Colors

Bamboo#C7B56E

Sandstone#C9AE74

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Ecru#C2B280

Luminance0.4632

Black text10.26:1AA Pass

White text2.05:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#C7B56E","rgb":[199,181,110],"hsl":[48,44,61],"cmyk":[0,9,45,22],"luminance":0.4632,"contrast":{"black":10.26,"white":2.05}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.26,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.05,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E1D8B2","hex":"#E1D8B2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.67,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#DDC35A","hex":"#DDC35A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.03,"contrastWhite":1.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ADC770","hex":"#ADC770","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.18,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.04,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.15,"contrastWhite":2.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Bamboo adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c7b56e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bamboo.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandstone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-khaki.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#7081C7","analogous":["#C78A70","#ADC770"],"triadic":["#70C7B6","#B670C7"],"tetradic":["#70C78A","#7081C7","#C770AD"],"splitComplementary":["#70ADC7","#8A70C7"],"monochromatic":["#E1D8B2","#C7B56E","#9E8B3D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E1D8B2","dark":"#9E8B3D","saturated":"#DDC35A","desaturated":"#B1A986","pastel":"#E6E2D1","neon":"#FFDF61"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"bamboo","name":"Bamboo","hex":"#C7B56E","distance":0},{"slug":"sandstone","name":"Sandstone","hex":"#C9AE74","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"dark-khaki","name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","distance":10.63014581273465},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":15.811388300841896},{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":18.920887928424502}]

#C7B56E

CSS

About #C7B56E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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