#C8B440#C8B440

#C8B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B440
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -5.99, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 59.55, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0219 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0679, 45.2939, 11.4289)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B440 #4054C8

analogous

#C87040 #C8B440 #98C840

triadic

#C8B440 #40C8B4 #B440C8

tetradic

#C8B440 #40C870 #4054C8 #C84098

square

#C8B440 #40C870 #4054C8 #C84098

split-complementary

#C8B440 #4098C8 #7040C8

monochromatic

#6E6220 #9D8D2D #C8B440 #D6C770 #E3D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B440

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B440	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7b',
    500: '#c8b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b440;
$custom-light: #dcca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76595,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B440

secondary

#949DD0

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B440

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

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