#C8B134#C8B134

#C8B134 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B134
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -5.02, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 63.21, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0204 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1634, 43.9736, 9.6204)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B134 #344BC8

analogous

#C86734 #C8B134 #95C834

triadic

#C8B134 #34C8B1 #B134C8

tetradic

#C8B134 #34C867 #344BC8 #C83495

square

#C8B134 #34C867 #344BC8 #C83495

split-complementary

#C8B134 #3495C8 #6734C8

monochromatic

#675B1B #978627 #C8B134 #D6C463 #E3D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8B134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B134

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B134	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)

#C3AD1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc774',
    500: '#c8b134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b134;
$custom-light: #ddc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75876,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B134

secondary

#8A94CE

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B134

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

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