#C8B042#C8B042

#C8B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B042
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -3.78, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 57.47, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0154 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3300, 43.7254, 11.4687)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B042 #425AC8

analogous

#C86D42 #C8B042 #9DC842

triadic

#C8B042 #42C8B0 #B042C8

tetradic

#C8B042 #42C86D #425AC8 #C8429D

square

#C8B042 #42C86D #425AC8 #C8429D

split-complementary

#C8B042 #429DC8 #6D42C8

monochromatic

#6F6120 #9F8A2E #C8B042 #D6C471 #E4D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B042

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B042	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77c',
    500: '#c8b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b042;
$custom-light: #dcc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B042

secondary

#96A0D0

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B042

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

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