#C8B240#C8B240

#C8B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B240
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -4.94, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 58.92, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0189 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6671, 44.4923, 11.2953)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B240 #4056C8

analogous

#C86E40 #C8B240 #9AC840

triadic

#C8B240 #40C8B2 #B240C8

tetradic

#C8B240 #40C86E #4056C8 #C8409A

square

#C8B240 #40C86E #4056C8 #C8409A

split-complementary

#C8B240 #409AC8 #6E40C8

monochromatic

#6E6120 #9D8B2D #C8B240 #D6C570 #E3D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B240

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B240	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)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87b',
    500: '#c8b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b240;
$custom-light: #dcc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B240

secondary

#949ED0

accent

#61DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B240

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

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