#C8B244#C8B244

#C8B244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B244
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -4.71, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 57.27, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0178 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7850, 44.5394, 11.9164)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B244 #445AC8

analogous

#C87044 #C8B244 #9CC844

triadic

#C8B244 #44C8B2 #B244C8

tetradic

#C8B244 #44C870 #445AC8 #C8449C

square

#C8B244 #44C870 #445AC8 #C8449C

split-complementary

#C8B244 #449CC8 #7044C8

monochromatic

#716321 #A08D2F #C8B244 #D6C573 #E4D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8B244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B244

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B244	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87d',
    500: '#c8b244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b244;
$custom-light: #dcc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B244

secondary

#97A1D1

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B244

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

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