#C8B54A#C8B54A

#C8B54A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B54A
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -5.91, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 55.69, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0205 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5810, 45.8234, 13.1318)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B54A #4A5DC8

analogous

#C8764A #C8B54A #9CC84A

triadic

#C8B54A #4AC8B5 #B54AC8

tetradic

#C8B54A #4AC876 #4A5DC8 #C84A9C

square

#C8B54A #4AC876 #4A5DC8 #C84A9C

split-complementary

#C8B54A #4A9CC8 #764AC8

monochromatic

#746823 #A39232 #C8B54A #D6C879 #E5DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B54A

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B54A	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca81',
    500: '#c8b54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b54a;
$custom-light: #dcca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76895,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B54A

secondary

#9CA4D2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B54A

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

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