#C8B242#C8B242

#C8B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B242
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -4.83, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 58.10, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0184 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(40.7250, 44.5154, 11.6004)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B242 #4258C8

analogous

#C86F42 #C8B242 #9BC842

triadic

#C8B242 #42C8B2 #B242C8

tetradic

#C8B242 #42C86F #4258C8 #C8429B

square

#C8B242 #42C86F #4258C8 #C8429B

split-complementary

#C8B242 #429BC8 #6F42C8

monochromatic

#6F6220 #9F8C2E #C8B242 #D6C571 #E4D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B242

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B242	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87c',
    500: '#c8b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b242;
$custom-light: #dcc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.44513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B242

secondary

#969FD0

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B242

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

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