#C8B04E#C8B04E

#C8B04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B04E
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -3.02, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 52.26, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0118 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.121 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7216, 43.8820, 13.5314)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B04E #4E66C8

analogous

#C8734E #C8B04E #A3C84E

triadic

#C8B04E #4EC8B0 #B04EC8

tetradic

#C8B04E #4EC873 #4E66C8 #C84EA3

square

#C8B04E #4EC873 #4E66C8 #C84EA3

split-complementary

#C8B04E #4EA3C8 #734EC8

monochromatic

#776725 #A58F33 #C8B04E #D7C57D #E5DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8B04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B04E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B04E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc783',
    500: '#c8b04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b04e;
$custom-light: #dcc783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75892,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B04E

secondary

#9FA9D3

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B04E

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

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