#C8B23F#C8B23F

#C8B23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B23F
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -5.00, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 59.32, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0192 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.134 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6389, 44.4810, 11.1468)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B23F #3F55C8

analogous

#C86E3F #C8B23F #9AC83F

triadic

#C8B23F #3FC8B2 #B23FC8

tetradic

#C8B23F #3FC86E #3F55C8 #C83F9A

square

#C8B23F #3FC86E #3F55C8 #C83F9A

split-complementary

#C8B23F #3F9AC8 #6E3FC8

monochromatic

#6D611F #9D8B2D #C8B23F #D6C56F #E3D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B23F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B23F	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87a',
    500: '#c8b23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b23f;
$custom-light: #dcc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76167,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B23F

secondary

#939DD0

accent

#61DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B23F

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

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