#C8B239#C8B239

#C8B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B239
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -5.31, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 61.66, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0207 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.138 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4803, 44.4175, 10.3113)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B239 #394FC8

analogous

#C86A39 #C8B239 #97C839

triadic

#C8B239 #39C8B2 #B239C8

tetradic

#C8B239 #39C86A #394FC8 #C83997

square

#C8B239 #39C86A #394FC8 #C83997

split-complementary

#C8B239 #3997C8 #6A39C8

monochromatic

#695E1D #99882B #C8B239 #D5C569 #E3D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B239

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B239	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc877',
    500: '#c8b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b239;
$custom-light: #dcc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76121,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B239

secondary

#8F98CE

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B239

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

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