#C8B44C#C8B44C

#C8B44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B44C
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -5.26, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 54.48, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0184 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4469, 45.4455, 13.4248)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B44C #4C60C8

analogous

#C8764C #C8B44C #9EC84C

triadic

#C8B44C #4CC8B4 #B44CC8

tetradic

#C8B44C #4CC876 #4C60C8 #C84C9E

square

#C8B44C #4CC876 #4C60C8 #C84C9E

split-complementary

#C8B44C #4C9EC8 #764CC8

monochromatic

#756824 #A49232 #C8B44C #D6C87B #E5DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C8B44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B44C

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B44C	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca82',
    500: '#c8b44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b44c;
$custom-light: #dcca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76705,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B44C

secondary

#9EA6D2

accent

#63DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B44C

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

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