#C8B34F#C8B34F

#C8B34F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B34F
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -4.53, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 52.80, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.016 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3525, 45.0859, 13.9199)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B34F #4F64C8

analogous

#C8774F #C8B34F #A0C84F

triadic

#C8B34F #4FC8B3 #B34FC8

tetradic

#C8B34F #4FC877 #4F64C8 #C84FA0

square

#C8B34F #4FC877 #4F64C8 #C84FA0

split-complementary

#C8B34F #4FA0C8 #774FC8

monochromatic

#776925 #A69234 #C8B34F #D7C77E #E5DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C8B34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B34F

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B34F	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc984',
    500: '#c8b34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b34f;
$custom-light: #dcc984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76527,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B34F

secondary

#A0A9D3

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B34F

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

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