#C8B041#C8B041

#C8B041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B041
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -3.84, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 57.89, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0157 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3008, 43.7137, 11.3148)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B041 #4159C8

analogous

#C86C41 #C8B041 #9DC841

triadic

#C8B041 #41C8B0 #B041C8

tetradic

#C8B041 #41C86C #4159C8 #C8419D

square

#C8B041 #41C86C #4159C8 #C8419D

split-complementary

#C8B041 #419DC8 #6C41C8

monochromatic

#6F6120 #9E8A2E #C8B041 #D6C470 #E3D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8B041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B041

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B041	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)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77b',
    500: '#c8b041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b041;
$custom-light: #dcc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B041

secondary

#959FD0

accent

#64DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B041

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

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