#C8B032#C8B032

#C8B032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.141 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B032
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 75%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -4.58, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 63.63, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0194 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.141 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9225, 43.5624, 9.3225)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B032 #324AC8

analogous

#C86532 #C8B032 #95C832

triadic

#C8B032 #32C8B0 #B032C8

tetradic

#C8B032 #32C865 #324AC8 #C83295

square

#C8B032 #32C865 #324AC8 #C83295

split-complementary

#C8B032 #3295C8 #6532C8

monochromatic

#665A1A #978526 #C8B032 #D7C460 #E3D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8B032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B032

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B032	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.141 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc773',
    500: '#c8b032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b032;
$custom-light: #ddc773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75654,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B032

secondary

#8893CE

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B032

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

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