#C8B033#C8B033

#C8B033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B033
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -4.54, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 63.27, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0192 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9443, 43.5711, 9.4374)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B033 #334BC8

analogous

#C86633 #C8B033 #96C833

triadic

#C8B033 #33C8B0 #B033C8

tetradic

#C8B033 #33C866 #334BC8 #C83396

square

#C8B033 #33C866 #334BC8 #C83396

split-complementary

#C8B033 #3396C8 #6633C8

monochromatic

#665A1A #978527 #C8B033 #D7C461 #E3D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8B033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B033

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B033	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)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc774',
    500: '#c8b033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b033;
$custom-light: #ddc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B033

secondary

#8994CE

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B033

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

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