#C8B43D#C8B43D

#C8B43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B43D
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -6.15, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 60.75, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0227 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9849, 45.2607, 10.9913)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B43D #3D51C8

analogous

#C86E3D #C8B43D #96C83D

triadic

#C8B43D #3DC8B4 #B43DC8

tetradic

#C8B43D #3DC86E #3D51C8 #C83D96

square

#C8B43D #3DC86E #3D51C8 #C83D96

split-complementary

#C8B43D #3D96C8 #6E3DC8

monochromatic

#6C611F #9C8C2C #C8B43D #D6C66D #E3D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C8B43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B43D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B43D	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)

#C5AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca79',
    500: '#c8b43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b43d;
$custom-light: #dcca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76571,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B43D

secondary

#929BCF

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B43D

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

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