#C8B03D#C8B03D

#C8B03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B03D
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -4.06, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 59.51, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0167 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1890, 43.6690, 10.7261)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B03D #3D55C8

analogous

#C86A3D #C8B03D #9AC83D

triadic

#C8B03D #3DC8B0 #B03DC8

tetradic

#C8B03D #3DC86A #3D55C8 #C83D9A

square

#C8B03D #3DC86A #3D55C8 #C83D9A

split-complementary

#C8B03D #3D9AC8 #6A3DC8

monochromatic

#6C5F1F #9C882C #C8B03D #D6C36D #E3D79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8B03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B03D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B03D	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)

#C1AC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc779',
    500: '#c8b03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b03d;
$custom-light: #dcc779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B03D

secondary

#929CCF

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B03D

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

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