#C8B14F#C8B14F

#C8B14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B14F
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -3.48, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 52.14, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.013 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9546, 44.2901, 13.7872)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B14F #4F66C8

analogous

#C8754F #C8B14F #A3C84F

triadic

#C8B14F #4FC8B1 #B14FC8

tetradic

#C8B14F #4FC875 #4F66C8 #C84FA3

square

#C8B14F #4FC875 #4F66C8 #C84FA3

split-complementary

#C8B14F #4FA3C8 #754FC8

monochromatic

#776825 #A69034 #C8B14F #D7C67E #E5DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8B14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B14F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B14F	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc884',
    500: '#c8b14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b14f;
$custom-light: #dcc884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B14F

secondary

#A0AAD3

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B14F

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

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