#C8B34A#C8B34A

#C8B34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B34A
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -4.86, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 55.02, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0175 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(41.1773, 45.0159, 12.9972)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B34A #4A5FC8

analogous

#C8744A #C8B34A #9EC84A

triadic

#C8B34A #4AC8B3 #B34AC8

tetradic

#C8B34A #4AC874 #4A5FC8 #C84A9E

square

#C8B34A #4AC874 #4A5FC8 #C84A9E

split-complementary

#C8B34A #4A9EC8 #744AC8

monochromatic

#746723 #A39032 #C8B34A #D6C779 #E5DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8B34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B34A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B34A	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc981',
    500: '#c8b34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b34a;
$custom-light: #dcc981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.45014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B34A

secondary

#9CA5D2

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B34A

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

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