#C8B23D#C8B23D

#C8B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B23D
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -5.10, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 60.12, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0197 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5840, 44.4590, 10.8577)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B23D #3D53C8

analogous

#C86C3D #C8B23D #98C83D

triadic

#C8B23D #3DC8B2 #B23DC8

tetradic

#C8B23D #3DC86C #3D53C8 #C83D98

square

#C8B23D #3DC86C #3D53C8 #C83D98

split-complementary

#C8B23D #3D98C8 #6C3DC8

monochromatic

#6C601F #9C8A2C #C8B23D #D6C56D #E3D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B23D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B23D	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)

#C3AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc879',
    500: '#c8b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b23d;
$custom-light: #dcc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B23D

secondary

#929BCF

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B23D

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

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