#C8B23B#C8B23B

#C8B23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B23B
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -5.21, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 60.90, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0202 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5311, 44.4379, 10.5793)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B23B #3B51C8

analogous

#C86B3B #C8B23B #97C83B

triadic

#C8B23B #3BC8B2 #B23BC8

tetradic

#C8B23B #3BC86B #3B51C8 #C83B97

square

#C8B23B #3BC86B #3B51C8 #C83B97

split-complementary

#C8B23B #3B97C8 #6B3BC8

monochromatic

#6B5F1E #9A892B #C8B23B #D5C56B #E3D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8B23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B23B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B23B	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc878',
    500: '#c8b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b23b;
$custom-light: #dcc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76136,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B23B

secondary

#909ACF

accent

#60DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B23B

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

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