#C8B137#C8B137

#C8B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B137
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -4.88, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 62.11, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0197 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2331, 44.0015, 9.9876)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B137 #374EC8

analogous

#C86937 #C8B137 #96C837

triadic

#C8B137 #37C8B1 #B137C8

tetradic

#C8B137 #37C869 #374EC8 #C83796

square

#C8B137 #37C869 #374EC8 #C83796

split-complementary

#C8B137 #3796C8 #6937C8

monochromatic

#685C1D #98872A #C8B137 #D5C467 #E2D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B137

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B137	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc776',
    500: '#c8b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b137;
$custom-light: #ddc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75897,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B137

secondary

#8D97CE

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B137

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

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