#C8B53D#C8B53D

#C8B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B53D
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -6.67, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 61.07, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0242 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1875, 45.6659, 11.0589)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B53D #3D50C8

analogous

#C86F3D #C8B53D #95C83D

triadic

#C8B53D #3DC8B5 #B53DC8

tetradic

#C8B53D #3DC86F #3D50C8 #C83D95

square

#C8B53D #3DC86F #3D50C8 #C83D95

split-complementary

#C8B53D #3D95C8 #6F3DC8

monochromatic

#6C611F #9C8C2C #C8B53D #D6C76D #E3D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C8B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B53D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B53D	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)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca79',
    500: '#c8b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b53d;
$custom-light: #dcca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B53D

secondary

#929ACF

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B53D

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

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