#C8B24A#C8B24A

#C8B24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B24A
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -4.34, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 54.69, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.016 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9776, 44.6165, 12.9306)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B24A #4A60C8

analogous

#C8734A #C8B24A #9FC84A

triadic

#C8B24A #4AC8B2 #B24AC8

tetradic

#C8B24A #4AC873 #4A60C8 #C84A9F

square

#C8B24A #4AC873 #4A60C8 #C84A9F

split-complementary

#C8B24A #4A9FC8 #734AC8

monochromatic

#746623 #A38F32 #C8B24A #D6C679 #E5DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8B24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B24A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B24A	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc881',
    500: '#c8b24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b24a;
$custom-light: #dcc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76267,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B24A

secondary

#9CA5D2

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B24A

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

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