#C8B237#C8B237

#C8B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B237
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -5.40, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 62.41, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0212 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4314, 44.3980, 10.0537)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B237 #374DC8

analogous

#C86A37 #C8B237 #95C837

triadic

#C8B237 #37C8B2 #B237C8

tetradic

#C8B237 #37C86A #374DC8 #C83795

square

#C8B237 #37C86A #374DC8 #C83795

split-complementary

#C8B237 #3795C8 #6A37C8

monochromatic

#685D1D #98872A #C8B237 #D5C467 #E2D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B237

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B237	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc876',
    500: '#c8b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b237;
$custom-light: #ddc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76106,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B237

secondary

#8D97CE

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B237

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

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