#C8B047#C8B047

#C8B047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B047
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -3.48, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 55.35, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0139 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4839, 43.7869, 12.2793)
Luminance	0.4379 (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

#C8B047 #475FC8

analogous

#C86F47 #C8B047 #9FC847

triadic

#C8B047 #47C8B0 #B047C8

tetradic

#C8B047 #47C86F #475FC8 #C8479F

square

#C8B047 #47C86F #475FC8 #C8479F

split-complementary

#C8B047 #479FC8 #6F47C8

monochromatic

#726322 #A28C30 #C8B047 #D6C476 #E4D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8B047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B047

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B047	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77f',
    500: '#c8b047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b047;
$custom-light: #dcc77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B047

secondary

#9AA4D1

accent

#66DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B047

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

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