#C8B34C#C8B34C

#C8B34C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B34C
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -4.73, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 54.14, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0169 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2458, 45.0432, 13.3577)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B34C #4C61C8

analogous

#C8754C #C8B34C #9FC84C

triadic

#C8B34C #4CC8B3 #B34CC8

tetradic

#C8B34C #4CC875 #4C61C8 #C84C9F

square

#C8B34C #4CC875 #4C61C8 #C84C9F

split-complementary

#C8B34C #4C9FC8 #754CC8

monochromatic

#756824 #A49132 #C8B34C #D6C77B #E5DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8B34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B34C

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B34C	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)

#C3AF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc982',
    500: '#c8b34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b34c;
$custom-light: #dcc982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76496,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B34C

secondary

#9EA6D2

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B34C

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

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