#C8B343#C8B343

#C8B343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B343
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -5.30, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 58.00, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0196 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9545, 44.9267, 11.8236)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B343 #4358C8

analogous

#C87043 #C8B343 #9BC843

triadic

#C8B343 #43C8B3 #B343C8

tetradic

#C8B343 #43C870 #4358C8 #C8439B

square

#C8B343 #43C870 #4358C8 #C8439B

split-complementary

#C8B343 #439BC8 #7043C8

monochromatic

#706321 #9F8D2F #C8B343 #D6C672 #E4D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B343

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B343	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97d',
    500: '#c8b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b343;
$custom-light: #dcc97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76411,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B343

secondary

#96A0D0

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B343

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

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