#C8B44D#C8B44D

#C8B44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B44D
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -5.19, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 54.03, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0181 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4819, 45.4595, 13.6093)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B44D #4D61C8

analogous

#C8774D #C8B44D #9FC84D

triadic

#C8B44D #4DC8B4 #B44DC8

tetradic

#C8B44D #4DC877 #4D61C8 #C84D9F

square

#C8B44D #4DC877 #4D61C8 #C84D9F

split-complementary

#C8B44D #4D9FC8 #774DC8

monochromatic

#766924 #A59233 #C8B44D #D6C87C #E5DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C8B44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B44D

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B44D	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)

#C4B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca83',
    500: '#c8b44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b44d;
$custom-light: #dcca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76715,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B44D

secondary

#9EA7D2

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B44D

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

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