#C8B33B#C8B33B

#C8B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B33B
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -5.73, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 61.21, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0217 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7308, 44.8373, 10.6459)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B33B #3B50C8

analogous

#C86C3B #C8B33B #96C83B

triadic

#C8B33B #3BC8B3 #B33BC8

tetradic

#C8B33B #3BC86C #3B50C8 #C83B96

square

#C8B33B #3BC86C #3B50C8 #C83B96

split-complementary

#C8B33B #3B96C8 #6C3BC8

monochromatic

#6B5F1E #9A8A2B #C8B33B #D5C66B #E3D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C8B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B33B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B33B	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc978',
    500: '#c8b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b33b;
$custom-light: #dcc978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B33B

secondary

#9099CF

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B33B

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

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