#C8B04C#C8B04C

#C8B04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B04C
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -3.16, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 53.16, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0124 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.122 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6510, 43.8538, 13.1595)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B04C #4C64C8

analogous

#C8724C #C8B04C #A2C84C

triadic

#C8B04C #4CC8B0 #B04CC8

tetradic

#C8B04C #4CC872 #4C64C8 #C84CA2

square

#C8B04C #4CC872 #4C64C8 #C84CA2

split-complementary

#C8B04C #4CA2C8 #724CC8

monochromatic

#756624 #A48E32 #C8B04C #D6C57B #E5D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C8B04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B04C

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B04C	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc782',
    500: '#c8b04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b04c;
$custom-light: #dcc782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B04C

secondary

#9EA8D2

accent

#67DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B04C

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

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