#C8B037#C8B037

#C8B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B037
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -4.35, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 61.82, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0182 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0363, 43.6079, 9.9220)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B037 #374FC8

analogous

#C86737 #C8B037 #98C837

triadic

#C8B037 #37C8B0 #B037C8

tetradic

#C8B037 #37C867 #374FC8 #C83798

square

#C8B037 #37C867 #374FC8 #C83798

split-complementary

#C8B037 #3798C8 #6737C8

monochromatic

#685C1D #98862A #C8B037 #D5C367 #E2D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B037

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B037	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc776',
    500: '#c8b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b037;
$custom-light: #ddc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B037

secondary

#8D98CE

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B037

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

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