#C8B538#C8B538

#C8B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B538
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -6.92, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 62.97, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0254 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0590, 45.6145, 10.3824)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B538 #384BC8

analogous

#C86D38 #C8B538 #93C838

triadic

#C8B538 #38C8B5 #B538C8

tetradic

#C8B538 #38C86D #384BC8 #C83893

square

#C8B538 #38C86D #384BC8 #C83893

split-complementary

#C8B538 #3893C8 #6D38C8

monochromatic

#695F1D #998A2A #C8B538 #D5C768 #E3D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C8B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B538

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B538	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca77',
    500: '#c8b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b538;
$custom-light: #dcca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76743,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B538

secondary

#8E96CE

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B538

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

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