#C8B44A#C8B44A

#C8B44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B44A
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -5.39, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 55.35, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.019 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3784, 45.4181, 13.0643)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B44A #4A5EC8

analogous

#C8754A #C8B44A #9DC84A

triadic

#C8B44A #4AC8B4 #B44AC8

tetradic

#C8B44A #4AC875 #4A5EC8 #C84A9D

square

#C8B44A #4AC875 #4A5EC8 #C84A9D

split-complementary

#C8B44A #4A9DC8 #754AC8

monochromatic

#746723 #A39132 #C8B44A #D6C779 #E5DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8B44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B44A

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B44A	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca81',
    500: '#c8b44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b44a;
$custom-light: #dcca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76685,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B44A

secondary

#9CA5D2

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B44A

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

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