#C8B142#C8B142

#C8B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B142
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -4.31, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 57.78, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0169 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5268, 44.1190, 11.5343)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B142 #4259C8

analogous

#C86E42 #C8B142 #9CC842

triadic

#C8B142 #42C8B1 #B142C8

tetradic

#C8B142 #42C86E #4259C8 #C8429C

square

#C8B142 #42C86E #4259C8 #C8429C

split-complementary

#C8B142 #429CC8 #6E42C8

monochromatic

#6F6220 #9F8B2E #C8B142 #D6C571 #E4D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C8B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B142

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B142	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87c',
    500: '#c8b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b142;
$custom-light: #dcc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B142

secondary

#96A0D0

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B142

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

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