#C8B540#C8B540

#C8B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B540
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -6.51, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 59.88, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0234 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2705, 45.6991, 11.4964)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B540 #4053C8

analogous

#C87140 #C8B540 #97C840

triadic

#C8B540 #40C8B5 #B540C8

tetradic

#C8B540 #40C871 #4053C8 #C84097

square

#C8B540 #40C871 #4053C8 #C84097

split-complementary

#C8B540 #4097C8 #7140C8

monochromatic

#6E6320 #9D8E2D #C8B540 #D6C770 #E3DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B540

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B540	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)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7b',
    500: '#c8b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b540;
$custom-light: #dcca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B540

secondary

#949CD0

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B540

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

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