#C8B043#C8B043

#C8B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B043
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -3.72, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 57.06, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0151 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3597, 43.7373, 11.6254)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B043 #435BC8

analogous

#C86E43 #C8B043 #9EC843

triadic

#C8B043 #43C8B0 #B043C8

tetradic

#C8B043 #43C86E #435BC8 #C8439E

square

#C8B043 #43C86E #435BC8 #C8439E

split-complementary

#C8B043 #439EC8 #6E43C8

monochromatic

#706221 #9F8B2F #C8B043 #D6C472 #E4D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B043

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B043	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77c',
    500: '#c8b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b043;
$custom-light: #dcc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B043

secondary

#96A1D0

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B043

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

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