#C8B34E#C8B34E

#C8B34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B34E
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -4.60, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 53.25, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0163 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3164, 45.0715, 13.7296)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B34E #4E63C8

analogous

#C8764E #C8B34E #A0C84E

triadic

#C8B34E #4EC8B3 #B34EC8

tetradic

#C8B34E #4EC876 #4E63C8 #C84EA0

square

#C8B34E #4EC876 #4E63C8 #C84EA0

split-complementary

#C8B34E #4EA0C8 #764EC8

monochromatic

#776925 #A59233 #C8B34E #D7C77D #E5DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C8B34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B34E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B34E	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)

#C3AF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc983',
    500: '#c8b34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b34e;
$custom-light: #dcc983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76517,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B34E

secondary

#9FA8D3

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B34E

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

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