#C8B33D#C8B33D

#C8B33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B33D
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -5.63, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 60.43, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0212 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.7837, 44.8584, 10.9243)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B33D #3D52C8

analogous

#C86D3D #C8B33D #97C83D

triadic

#C8B33D #3DC8B3 #B33DC8

tetradic

#C8B33D #3DC86D #3D52C8 #C83D97

square

#C8B33D #3DC86D #3D52C8 #C83D97

split-complementary

#C8B33D #3D97C8 #6D3DC8

monochromatic

#6C601F #9C8B2C #C8B33D #D6C66D #E3D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C8B33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B33D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B33D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc979',
    500: '#c8b33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b33d;
$custom-light: #dcc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76361,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.44856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B33D

secondary

#929BCF

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B33D

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

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