#C8B04F#C8B04F

#C8B04F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B04F
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -2.95, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 51.81, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0115 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.12 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7578, 43.8965, 13.7216)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B04F #4F67C8

analogous

#C8734F #C8B04F #A4C84F

triadic

#C8B04F #4FC8B0 #B04FC8

tetradic

#C8B04F #4FC873 #4F67C8 #C84FA4

square

#C8B04F #4FC873 #4F67C8 #C84FA4

split-complementary

#C8B04F #4FA4C8 #734FC8

monochromatic

#776725 #A68F34 #C8B04F #D7C57E #E5DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8B04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B04F

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B04F	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)

#C0AD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc784',
    500: '#c8b04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b04f;
$custom-light: #dcc784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75903,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B04F

secondary

#A0AAD3

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B04F

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

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