#C8B13D#C8B13D

#C8B13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B13D
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -4.58, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 59.81, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0182 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3858, 44.0626, 10.7917)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B13D #3D54C8

analogous

#C86B3D #C8B13D #99C83D

triadic

#C8B13D #3DC8B1 #B13DC8

tetradic

#C8B13D #3DC86B #3D54C8 #C83D99

square

#C8B13D #3DC86B #3D54C8 #C83D99

split-complementary

#C8B13D #3D99C8 #6B3DC8

monochromatic

#6C5F1F #9C892C #C8B13D #D6C46D #E3D79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C8B13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B13D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B13D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc879',
    500: '#c8b13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b13d;
$custom-light: #dcc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B13D

secondary

#929CCF

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B13D

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

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