#C8B53A#C8B53A

#C8B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B53A
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -6.82, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 62.22, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0249 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1089, 45.6345, 10.6451)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B53A #3A4DC8

analogous

#C86E3A #C8B53A #94C83A

triadic

#C8B53A #3AC8B5 #B53AC8

tetradic

#C8B53A #3AC86E #3A4DC8 #C83A94

square

#C8B53A #3AC86E #3A4DC8 #C83A94

split-complementary

#C8B53A #3A94C8 #6E3AC8

monochromatic

#6A601E #9A8B2B #C8B53A #D5C76A #E3D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C8B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B53A

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B53A	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca78',
    500: '#c8b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b53a;
$custom-light: #dcca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B53A

secondary

#8F98CE

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B53A

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

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