#C8B133#C8B133

#C8B133 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B133
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -5.06, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 63.56, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0207 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.141 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1411, 43.9647, 9.5030)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B133 #334AC8

analogous

#C86633 #C8B133 #95C833

triadic

#C8B133 #33C8B1 #B133C8

tetradic

#C8B133 #33C866 #334AC8 #C83395

square

#C8B133 #33C866 #334AC8 #C83395

split-complementary

#C8B133 #3395C8 #6633C8

monochromatic

#665B1A #978627 #C8B133 #D7C561 #E3D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B133 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8B133 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B133

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B133	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B133	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b133;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc774',
    500: '#c8b133',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b133;
$custom-light: #ddc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b133",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B133

secondary

#8993CE

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B133

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

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