#C8B433#C8B433

#C8B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B433
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -6.62, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 64.46, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0251 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7402, 45.1628, 9.7027)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B433 #3347C8

analogous

#C86933 #C8B433 #92C833

triadic

#C8B433 #33C8B4 #B433C8

tetradic

#C8B433 #33C869 #3347C8 #C83392

square

#C8B433 #33C869 #3347C8 #C83392

split-complementary

#C8B433 #3392C8 #6933C8

monochromatic

#665C1A #978827 #C8B433 #D7C761 #E3D892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8B433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B433

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B433	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca74',
    500: '#c8b433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b433;
$custom-light: #ddca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B433

secondary

#8992CE

accent

#5AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B433

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

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