#C8B034#C8B034

#C8B034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B034
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -4.49, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 62.92, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.019 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.14 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9666, 43.5800, 9.5548)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B034 #344CC8

analogous

#C86634 #C8B034 #96C834

triadic

#C8B034 #34C8B0 #B034C8

tetradic

#C8B034 #34C866 #344CC8 #C83496

square

#C8B034 #34C866 #344CC8 #C83496

split-complementary

#C8B034 #3496C8 #6634C8

monochromatic

#675B1B #978527 #C8B034 #D6C463 #E3D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8B034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B034

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B034	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc774',
    500: '#c8b034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b034;
$custom-light: #ddc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B034

secondary

#8A95CE

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B034

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

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