#C8B444#C8B444

#C8B444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B444
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -5.76, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 57.91, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0208 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1859, 45.3411, 12.0500)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B444 #4458C8

analogous

#C87244 #C8B444 #9AC844

triadic

#C8B444 #44C8B4 #B444C8

tetradic

#C8B444 #44C872 #4458C8 #C8449A

square

#C8B444 #44C872 #4458C8 #C8449A

split-complementary

#C8B444 #449AC8 #7244C8

monochromatic

#716421 #A08F2F #C8B444 #D6C773 #E4DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8B444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B444

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B444	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7d',
    500: '#c8b444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b444;
$custom-light: #dcca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76629,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B444

secondary

#97A0D1

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B444

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

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