#C8B14B#C8B14B

#C8B14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14B
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -3.75, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 53.93, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0142 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.124 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8133, 44.2336, 13.0434)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14B #4B62C8

analogous

#C8734B #C8B14B #A1C84B

triadic

#C8B14B #4BC8B1 #B14BC8

tetradic

#C8B14B #4BC873 #4B62C8 #C84BA1

square

#C8B14B #4BC873 #4B62C8 #C84BA1

split-complementary

#C8B14B #4BA1C8 #734BC8

monochromatic

#756624 #A48F32 #C8B14B #D6C57A #E5DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8B14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14B	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc881',
    500: '#c8b14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14b;
$custom-light: #dcc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14B

secondary

#9DA7D2

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14B

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

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