#C8B340#C8B340

#C8B340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B340
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -5.47, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 59.23, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0204 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8668, 44.8917, 11.3619)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B340 #4055C8

analogous

#C86F40 #C8B340 #99C840

triadic

#C8B340 #40C8B3 #B340C8

tetradic

#C8B340 #40C86F #4055C8 #C84099

square

#C8B340 #40C86F #4055C8 #C84099

split-complementary

#C8B340 #4099C8 #6F40C8

monochromatic

#6E6220 #9D8C2D #C8B340 #D6C670 #E3D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C8B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B340

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B340	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97b',
    500: '#c8b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b340;
$custom-light: #dcc97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76385,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B340

secondary

#949DD0

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B340

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

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