#C8B24B#C8B24B

#C8B24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B24B
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -4.28, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 54.25, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0157 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0116, 44.6301, 13.1095)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B24B #4B61C8

analogous

#C8744B #C8B24B #A0C84B

triadic

#C8B24B #4BC8B2 #B24BC8

tetradic

#C8B24B #4BC874 #4B61C8 #C84BA0

square

#C8B24B #4BC874 #4B61C8 #C84BA0

split-complementary

#C8B24B #4BA0C8 #744BC8

monochromatic

#756724 #A49032 #C8B24B #D6C67A #E5DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8B24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B24B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B24B	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc881',
    500: '#c8b24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b24b;
$custom-light: #dcc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76277,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B24B

secondary

#9DA6D2

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B24B

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

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