#C8B44F#C8B44F

#C8B44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B44F
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -5.05, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 53.14, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0175 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5536, 45.4882, 13.9869)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B44F #4F63C8

analogous

#C8784F #C8B44F #9FC84F

triadic

#C8B44F #4FC8B4 #B44FC8

tetradic

#C8B44F #4FC878 #4F63C8 #C84F9F

square

#C8B44F #4FC878 #4F63C8 #C84F9F

split-complementary

#C8B44F #4F9FC8 #784FC8

monochromatic

#776A25 #A69334 #C8B44F #D7C87E #E5DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8B44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B44F

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B44F	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca84',
    500: '#c8b44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b44f;
$custom-light: #dcca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B44F

secondary

#A0A8D3

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B44F

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

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