#C8B339#C8B339

#C8B339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B339
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -5.83, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 61.97, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0222 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6800, 44.8169, 10.3779)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B339 #394EC8

analogous

#C86B39 #C8B339 #95C839

triadic

#C8B339 #39C8B3 #B339C8

tetradic

#C8B339 #39C86B #394EC8 #C83995

square

#C8B339 #39C86B #394EC8 #C83995

split-complementary

#C8B339 #3995C8 #6B39C8

monochromatic

#695E1D #99892B #C8B339 #D5C569 #E3D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B339

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B339	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc977',
    500: '#c8b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b339;
$custom-light: #dcc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7633,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B339

secondary

#8F98CE

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B339

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

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