#C8B44E#C8B44E

#C8B44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B44E
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -5.12, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 53.59, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0178 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5175, 45.4738, 13.7967)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B44E #4E62C8

analogous

#C8774E #C8B44E #9FC84E

triadic

#C8B44E #4EC8B4 #B44EC8

tetradic

#C8B44E #4EC877 #4E62C8 #C84E9F

square

#C8B44E #4EC877 #4E62C8 #C84E9F

split-complementary

#C8B44E #4E9FC8 #774EC8

monochromatic

#776925 #A59333 #C8B44E #D7C87D #E5DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C8B44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B44E

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B44E	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)

#C4B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca83',
    500: '#c8b44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b44e;
$custom-light: #dcca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B44E

secondary

#9FA8D3

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B44E

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

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