#C8B53F#C8B53F

#C8B53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B53F
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -6.56, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 60.28, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0237 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(41.2423, 45.6879, 11.3479)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B53F #3F52C8

analogous

#C8713F #C8B53F #97C83F

triadic

#C8B53F #3FC8B5 #B53FC8

tetradic

#C8B53F #3FC871 #3F52C8 #C83F97

square

#C8B53F #3FC871 #3F52C8 #C83F97

split-complementary

#C8B53F #3F97C8 #713FC8

monochromatic

#6D621F #9D8D2D #C8B53F #D6C76F #E3DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B53F

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B53F	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)

#C6B02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7b',
    500: '#c8b53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b53f;
$custom-light: #dcca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76797,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.45686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B53F

secondary

#939CD0

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B53F

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

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