#C8B24C#C8B24C

#C8B24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B24C
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -4.21, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 53.81, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0154 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0461, 44.6439, 13.2912)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B24C #4C62C8

analogous

#C8744C #C8B24C #A0C84C

triadic

#C8B24C #4CC8B2 #B24CC8

tetradic

#C8B24C #4CC874 #4C62C8 #C84CA0

square

#C8B24C #4CC874 #4C62C8 #C84CA0

split-complementary

#C8B24C #4CA0C8 #744CC8

monochromatic

#756724 #A49032 #C8B24C #D6C67B #E5DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C8B24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B24C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B24C	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)

#C2AE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc882',
    500: '#c8b24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b24c;
$custom-light: #dcc882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B24C

secondary

#9EA7D2

accent

#65DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B24C

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

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