#C8B14A#C8B14A

#C8B14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14A
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -3.82, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 54.37, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0145 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7794, 44.2200, 12.8646)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14A #4A61C8

analogous

#C8724A #C8B14A #A0C84A

triadic

#C8B14A #4AC8B1 #B14AC8

tetradic

#C8B14A #4AC872 #4A61C8 #C84AA0

square

#C8B14A #4AC872 #4A61C8 #C84AA0

split-complementary

#C8B14A #4AA0C8 #724AC8

monochromatic

#746523 #A38E32 #C8B14A #D6C579 #E5D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C8B14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14A	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc881',
    500: '#c8b14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14a;
$custom-light: #dcc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14A

secondary

#9CA6D2

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14A

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

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