#C8B040#C8B040

#C8B040 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	#C8B040
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -3.89, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 58.30, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0159 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.2721, 43.7022, 11.1636)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B040 #4058C8

analogous

#C86C40 #C8B040 #9CC840

triadic

#C8B040 #40C8B0 #B040C8

tetradic

#C8B040 #40C86C #4058C8 #C8409C

square

#C8B040 #40C86C #4058C8 #C8409C

split-complementary

#C8B040 #409CC8 #6C40C8

monochromatic

#6E6020 #9D8A2D #C8B040 #D6C470 #E3D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B040

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B040	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)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77b',
    500: '#c8b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b040;
$custom-light: #dcc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B040

secondary

#949FD0

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B040

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

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