#C8B141#C8B141

#C8B141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B141
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -4.36, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 58.20, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0172 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4976, 44.1073, 11.3804)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B141 #4158C8

analogous

#C86E41 #C8B141 #9BC841

triadic

#C8B141 #41C8B1 #B141C8

tetradic

#C8B141 #41C86E #4158C8 #C8419B

square

#C8B141 #41C86E #4158C8 #C8419B

split-complementary

#C8B141 #419BC8 #6E41C8

monochromatic

#6F6120 #9E8B2E #C8B141 #D6C470 #E3D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C8B141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B141

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B141	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87b',
    500: '#c8b141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b141;
$custom-light: #dcc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B141

secondary

#959FD0

accent

#63DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B141

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

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