#C8B044#C8B044

#C8B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B044
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -3.66, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 56.63, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0148 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3900, 43.7494, 11.7847)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B044 #445CC8

analogous

#C86E44 #C8B044 #9EC844

triadic

#C8B044 #44C8B0 #B044C8

tetradic

#C8B044 #44C86E #445CC8 #C8449E

square

#C8B044 #44C86E #445CC8 #C8449E

split-complementary

#C8B044 #449EC8 #6E44C8

monochromatic

#716221 #A08B2F #C8B044 #D6C473 #E4D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B044

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B044	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)

#C1AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77d',
    500: '#c8b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b044;
$custom-light: #dcc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B044

secondary

#97A2D1

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B044

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

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