#C8B14C#C8B14C

#C8B14C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14C
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -3.68, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 53.48, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0139 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.123 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8478, 44.2474, 13.2251)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14C #4C63C8

analogous

#C8734C #C8B14C #A1C84C

triadic

#C8B14C #4CC8B1 #B14CC8

tetradic

#C8B14C #4CC873 #4C63C8 #C84CA1

square

#C8B14C #4CC873 #4C63C8 #C84CA1

split-complementary

#C8B14C #4CA1C8 #734CC8

monochromatic

#756624 #A48F32 #C8B14C #D6C57B #E5DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8B14C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14C	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)

#C1AD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc882',
    500: '#c8b14c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14c;
$custom-light: #dcc882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76079,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14C

secondary

#9EA7D2

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14C

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

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