#C8B143#C8B143

#C8B143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B143
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -4.25, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 57.37, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0166 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5565, 44.1309, 11.6910)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B143 #435AC8

analogous

#C86E43 #C8B143 #9DC843

triadic

#C8B143 #43C8B1 #B143C8

tetradic

#C8B143 #43C86E #435AC8 #C8439D

square

#C8B143 #43C86E #435AC8 #C8439D

split-complementary

#C8B143 #439DC8 #6E43C8

monochromatic

#706221 #9F8C2F #C8B143 #D6C572 #E4D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C8B143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B143

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B143	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87d',
    500: '#c8b143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b143;
$custom-light: #dcc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B143

secondary

#96A0D0

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B143

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

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