#C8B542#C8B542

#C8B542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B542
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -6.40, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 59.07, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0228 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3285, 45.7223, 11.8016)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B542 #4255C8

analogous

#C87242 #C8B542 #98C842

triadic

#C8B542 #42C8B5 #B542C8

tetradic

#C8B542 #42C872 #4255C8 #C84298

square

#C8B542 #42C872 #4255C8 #C84298

split-complementary

#C8B542 #4298C8 #7242C8

monochromatic

#6F6420 #9F8F2E #C8B542 #D6C871 #E4DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C8B542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B542

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B542	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)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7c',
    500: '#c8b542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b542;
$custom-light: #dcca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B542

secondary

#969ED0

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B542

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

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