#C8B345#C8B345

#C8B345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B345
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -5.18, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 57.17, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.019 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0155, 44.9511, 12.1451)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B345 #455AC8

analogous

#C87245 #C8B345 #9BC845

triadic

#C8B345 #45C8B3 #B345C8

tetradic

#C8B345 #45C872 #455AC8 #C8459B

square

#C8B345 #45C872 #455AC8 #C8459B

split-complementary

#C8B345 #459BC8 #7245C8

monochromatic

#716421 #A08E2F #C8B345 #D6C674 #E4DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B345

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B345	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)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97e',
    500: '#c8b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b345;
$custom-light: #dcc97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76429,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B345

secondary

#98A1D1

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B345

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

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