#C8B344#C8B344

#C8B344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B344
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -5.24, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 57.59, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0193 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9847, 44.9388, 11.9830)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B344 #4459C8

analogous

#C87144 #C8B344 #9BC844

triadic

#C8B344 #44C8B3 #B344C8

tetradic

#C8B344 #44C871 #4459C8 #C8449B

square

#C8B344 #44C871 #4459C8 #C8449B

split-complementary

#C8B344 #449BC8 #7144C8

monochromatic

#716421 #A08E2F #C8B344 #D6C673 #E4D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B344

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B344	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)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97d',
    500: '#c8b344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b344;
$custom-light: #dcc97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7642,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B344

secondary

#97A0D1

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B344

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

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