#C8B43B#C8B43B

#C8B43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B43B
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -6.25, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 61.52, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0232 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9320, 45.2396, 10.7129)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B43B #3B4FC8

analogous

#C86D3B #C8B43B #96C83B

triadic

#C8B43B #3BC8B4 #B43BC8

tetradic

#C8B43B #3BC86D #3B4FC8 #C83B96

square

#C8B43B #3BC86D #3B4FC8 #C83B96

split-complementary

#C8B43B #3B96C8 #6D3BC8

monochromatic

#6B601E #9A8B2B #C8B43B #D5C66B #E3D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C8B43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B43B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B43B	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca78',
    500: '#c8b43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b43b;
$custom-light: #dcca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76555,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B43B

secondary

#9099CF

accent

#5EDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B43B

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

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