#C8B243#C8B243

#C8B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B243
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -4.77, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 57.68, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0181 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7548, 44.5273, 11.7570)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B243 #4359C8

analogous

#C86F43 #C8B243 #9CC843

triadic

#C8B243 #43C8B2 #B243C8

tetradic

#C8B243 #43C86F #4359C8 #C8439C

square

#C8B243 #43C86F #4359C8 #C8439C

split-complementary

#C8B243 #439CC8 #6F43C8

monochromatic

#706321 #9F8D2F #C8B243 #D6C572 #E4D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B243

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B243	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)

#C3AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87d',
    500: '#c8b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b243;
$custom-light: #dcc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B243

secondary

#96A0D0

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B243

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

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