#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
RGBrgb(200, 181, 62)
HSLhsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.34, -6.62, 60.31)
CIE-LCHlch(73.34, 60.67, 96.26°)
OKLaboklab(76.79% -0.0239 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(76.79% 0.137 100.1)
XYZxyz(41.2146, 45.6768, 11.2021)
Luminance0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C8B53E1.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

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

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#C8B53E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva