#C8B139#C8B139

#C8B139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B139
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -4.78, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 61.36, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0192 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2820, 44.0211, 10.2452)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B139 #3950C8

analogous

#C86A39 #C8B139 #97C839

triadic

#C8B139 #39C8B1 #B139C8

tetradic

#C8B139 #39C86A #3950C8 #C83997

square

#C8B139 #39C86A #3950C8 #C83997

split-complementary

#C8B139 #3997C8 #6A39C8

monochromatic

#695D1D #99872B #C8B139 #D5C469 #E3D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8B139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B139

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B139	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)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc777',
    500: '#c8b139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b139;
$custom-light: #dcc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B139

secondary

#8F99CE

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B139

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

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