#C8B03B#C8B03B

#C8B03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B03B
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -4.16, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 60.29, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0173 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1361, 43.6478, 10.4476)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B03B #3B53C8

analogous

#C8693B #C8B03B #99C83B

triadic

#C8B03B #3BC8B0 #B03BC8

tetradic

#C8B03B #3BC869 #3B53C8 #C83B99

square

#C8B03B #3BC869 #3B53C8 #C83B99

split-complementary

#C8B03B #3B99C8 #693BC8

monochromatic

#6B5E1E #9A882B #C8B03B #D5C36B #E3D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8B03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B03B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B03B	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc778',
    500: '#c8b03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b03b;
$custom-light: #dcc778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B03B

secondary

#909BCF

accent

#62DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B03B

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

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