#C8B24F#C8B24F

#C8B24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B24F
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -4.00, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 52.47, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0145 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.121 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1528, 44.6865, 13.8533)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B24F #4F65C8

analogous

#C8764F #C8B24F #A2C84F

triadic

#C8B24F #4FC8B2 #B24FC8

tetradic

#C8B24F #4FC876 #4F65C8 #C84FA2

square

#C8B24F #4FC876 #4F65C8 #C84FA2

split-complementary

#C8B24F #4FA2C8 #764FC8

monochromatic

#776825 #A69134 #C8B24F #D7C67E #E5DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8B24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B24F

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B24F	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc884',
    500: '#c8b24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b24f;
$custom-light: #dcc884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B24F

secondary

#A0A9D3

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B24F

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

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