#C8B347#C8B347

#C8B347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B347
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -5.06, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 56.32, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0184 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0786, 44.9764, 12.4776)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B347 #475CC8

analogous

#C87347 #C8B347 #9CC847

triadic

#C8B347 #47C8B3 #B347C8

tetradic

#C8B347 #47C873 #475CC8 #C8479C

square

#C8B347 #47C873 #475CC8 #C8479C

split-complementary

#C8B347 #479CC8 #7347C8

monochromatic

#726522 #A28F30 #C8B347 #D6C676 #E4DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C8B347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B347

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B347	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)

#C4AF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc97f',
    500: '#c8b347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b347;
$custom-light: #dcc97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76447,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B347

secondary

#9AA3D1

accent

#62DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B347

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

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