#C8B14E#C8B14E

#C8B14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14E
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -3.55, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 52.59, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0133 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.121 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9184, 44.2756, 13.5970)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14E #4E65C8

analogous

#C8744E #C8B14E #A2C84E

triadic

#C8B14E #4EC8B1 #B14EC8

tetradic

#C8B14E #4EC874 #4E65C8 #C84EA2

square

#C8B14E #4EC874 #4E65C8 #C84EA2

split-complementary

#C8B14E #4EA2C8 #744EC8

monochromatic

#776725 #A59033 #C8B14E #D7C67D #E5DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C8B14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14E	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)

#C1AD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc883',
    500: '#c8b14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14e;
$custom-light: #dcc883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14E

secondary

#9FA9D3

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14E

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

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