#C8B241#C8B241

#C8B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B241
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -4.89, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 58.51, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0187 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6958, 44.5038, 11.4465)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B241 #4157C8

analogous

#C86F41 #C8B241 #9BC841

triadic

#C8B241 #41C8B2 #B241C8

tetradic

#C8B241 #41C86F #4157C8 #C8419B

square

#C8B241 #41C86F #4157C8 #C8419B

split-complementary

#C8B241 #419BC8 #6F41C8

monochromatic

#6F6220 #9E8C2E #C8B241 #D6C570 #E3D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B241

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B241	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87b',
    500: '#c8b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b241;
$custom-light: #dcc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76184,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B241

secondary

#959ED0

accent

#62DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B241

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

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