#C8B14D#C8B14D

#C8B14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14D
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -3.62, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 53.04, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0136 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.122 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8829, 44.2614, 13.4096)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14D #4D64C8

analogous

#C8734D #C8B14D #A2C84D

triadic

#C8B14D #4DC8B1 #B14DC8

tetradic

#C8B14D #4DC873 #4D64C8 #C84DA2

square

#C8B14D #4DC873 #4D64C8 #C84DA2

split-complementary

#C8B14D #4DA2C8 #734DC8

monochromatic

#766724 #A59033 #C8B14D #D6C57C #E5DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8B14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14D	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)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc883',
    500: '#c8b14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14d;
$custom-light: #dcc883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14D

secondary

#9EA8D2

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14D

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

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