#C8B341#C8B341

#C8B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B341
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -5.41, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 58.83, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0201 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8955, 44.9031, 11.5131)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B341 #4156C8

analogous

#C87041 #C8B341 #99C841

triadic

#C8B341 #41C8B3 #B341C8

tetradic

#C8B341 #41C870 #4156C8 #C84199

square

#C8B341 #41C870 #4156C8 #C84199

split-complementary

#C8B341 #4199C8 #7041C8

monochromatic

#6F6220 #9E8D2E #C8B341 #D6C670 #E3D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C8B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B341

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B341	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)

#C4AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97c',
    500: '#c8b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b341;
$custom-light: #dcc97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76393,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B341

secondary

#959ED0

accent

#61DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B341

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

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