#C8B543#C8B543

#C8B543 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B543
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -6.34, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 58.66, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0226 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3582, 45.7342, 11.9582)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B543 #4356C8

analogous

#C87343 #C8B543 #98C843

triadic

#C8B543 #43C8B5 #B543C8

tetradic

#C8B543 #43C873 #4356C8 #C84398

square

#C8B543 #43C873 #4356C8 #C84398

split-complementary

#C8B543 #4398C8 #7343C8

monochromatic

#706521 #9F8F2F #C8B543 #D6C872 #E4DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8B543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B543

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B543	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7d',
    500: '#c8b543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b543;
$custom-light: #dcca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7683,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B543

secondary

#969FD0

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B543

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →