#C8B346#C8B346

#C8B346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B346
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -5.12, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 56.74, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0187 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0468, 44.9637, 12.3099)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B346 #465BC8

analogous

#C87246 #C8B346 #9CC846

triadic

#C8B346 #46C8B3 #B346C8

tetradic

#C8B346 #46C872 #465BC8 #C8469C

square

#C8B346 #46C872 #465BC8 #C8469C

split-complementary

#C8B346 #469CC8 #7246C8

monochromatic

#726522 #A18F30 #C8B346 #D6C675 #E4DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B346

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B346	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)

#C4AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97f',
    500: '#c8b346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b346;
$custom-light: #dcc97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B346

secondary

#99A2D1

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B346

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

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