#C8B03F#C8B03F
#C8B03F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8B03F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 176, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 55%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 69%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12%, 68.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.02, -3.95, 58.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.02, 58.70, 93.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.75% -0.0162 0.1314) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.75% 0.132 97) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.2439, 43.6909, 11.0151) |
| Luminance | 0.4369 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 3.84
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.05
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.22
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.74
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.77
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8B03F #3F57C8
analogous
#C86C3F #C8B03F #9CC83F
triadic
#C8B03F #3FC8B0 #B03FC8
tetradic
#C8B03F #3FC86C #3F57C8 #C83F9C
square
#C8B03F #3FC86C #3F57C8 #C83F9C
split-complementary
#C8B03F #3F9CC8 #6C3FC8
monochromatic
#6D601F #9D892D #C8B03F #D6C46F #E3D79E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#C8B03F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.74
#C8B03F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8B03F
9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8B03F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8B03F | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.74 | 9.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AC30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B445
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7A399
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8b03f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcc77a',
500: '#c8b03f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8b03f; $custom-light: #dcc77a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8b03f",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 176,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.489,
"s": 55.466,
"l": 51.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7575,
"c": 0.13238,
"h": 97
},
"luminance": 0.43689
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8B03F
secondary
#939ED0
accent
#63DF49
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C