#C8AB3B#C8AB3B

#C8AB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.132 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3B
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -1.52, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 58.85, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0097 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.132 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1738, 41.7231, 10.1268)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3B #3B58C8

analogous

#C8653B #C8AB3B #9EC83B

triadic

#C8AB3B #3BC8AB #AB3BC8

tetradic

#C8AB3B #3BC865 #3B58C8 #C83B9E

square

#C8AB3B #3BC865 #3B58C8 #C83B9E

split-complementary

#C8AB3B #3B9EC8 #653BC8

monochromatic

#6B5B1E #9A842B #C8AB3B #D5BF6B #E3D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C8AB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.132 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc377',
    500: '#c8ab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3b;
$custom-light: #dcc377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3B

secondary

#909DCF

accent

#67DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3B

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

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