#C8B442#C8B442

#C8B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B442
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -5.88, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 58.74, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0214 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1259, 45.3171, 11.7340)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B442 #4256C8

analogous

#C87142 #C8B442 #99C842

triadic

#C8B442 #42C8B4 #B442C8

tetradic

#C8B442 #42C871 #4256C8 #C84299

square

#C8B442 #42C871 #4256C8 #C84299

split-complementary

#C8B442 #4299C8 #7142C8

monochromatic

#6F6320 #9F8E2E #C8B442 #D6C771 #E4DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C8B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B442

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B442	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7c',
    500: '#c8b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b442;
$custom-light: #dcca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76612,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B442

secondary

#969ED0

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B442

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

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