#C8B13B#C8B13B

#C8B13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B13B
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -4.68, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 60.59, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0187 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3329, 44.0414, 10.5132)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B13B #3B52C8

analogous

#C86A3B #C8B13B #98C83B

triadic

#C8B13B #3BC8B1 #B13BC8

tetradic

#C8B13B #3BC86A #3B52C8 #C83B98

square

#C8B13B #3BC86A #3B52C8 #C83B98

split-complementary

#C8B13B #3B98C8 #6A3BC8

monochromatic

#6B5E1E #9A882B #C8B13B #D5C46B #E3D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C8B13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B13B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B13B	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc778',
    500: '#c8b13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b13b;
$custom-light: #dcc778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B13B

secondary

#909ACF

accent

#61DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B13B

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

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