#C8B34B#C8B34B

#C8B34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B34B
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -4.80, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 54.58, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0173 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2113, 45.0294, 13.1760)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B34B #4B60C8

analogous

#C8754B #C8B34B #9FC84B

triadic

#C8B34B #4BC8B3 #B34BC8

tetradic

#C8B34B #4BC875 #4B60C8 #C84B9F

square

#C8B34B #4BC875 #4B60C8 #C84B9F

split-complementary

#C8B34B #4B9FC8 #754BC8

monochromatic

#756724 #A49132 #C8B34B #D6C77A #E5DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8B34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B34B

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B34B	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc982',
    500: '#c8b34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b34b;
$custom-light: #dcc982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B34B

secondary

#9DA6D2

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B34B

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

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