#C8B53E#C8B53E

#C8B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B53E
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -6.62, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 60.67, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0239 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2146, 45.6768, 11.2021)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B53E #3E51C8

analogous

#C8703E #C8B53E #96C83E

triadic

#C8B53E #3EC8B5 #B53EC8

tetradic

#C8B53E #3EC870 #3E51C8 #C83E96

square

#C8B53E #3EC870 #3E51C8 #C83E96

split-complementary

#C8B53E #3E96C8 #703EC8

monochromatic

#6D621F #9C8D2D #C8B53E #D6C76E #E3DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B53E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B53E	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7a',
    500: '#c8b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b53e;
$custom-light: #dcca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76789,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B53E

secondary

#929BCF

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B53E

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

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