#C8B04D#C8B04D

#C8B04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B04D
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -3.09, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 52.71, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0121 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6861, 43.8678, 13.3440)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B04D #4D65C8

analogous

#C8734D #C8B04D #A3C84D

triadic

#C8B04D #4DC8B0 #B04DC8

tetradic

#C8B04D #4DC873 #4D65C8 #C84DA3

square

#C8B04D #4DC873 #4D65C8 #C84DA3

split-complementary

#C8B04D #4DA3C8 #734DC8

monochromatic

#766624 #A58F33 #C8B04D #D6C57C #E5DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C8B04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B04D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B04D	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)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc783',
    500: '#c8b04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b04d;
$custom-light: #dcc783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B04D

secondary

#9EA8D2

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B04D

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

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