#C8B54B#C8B54B

#C8B54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B54B
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -5.84, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 55.26, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0202 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6150, 45.8369, 13.3106)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B54B #4B5EC8

analogous

#C8774B #C8B54B #9DC84B

triadic

#C8B54B #4BC8B5 #B54BC8

tetradic

#C8B54B #4BC877 #4B5EC8 #C84B9D

square

#C8B54B #4BC877 #4B5EC8 #C84B9D

split-complementary

#C8B54B #4B9DC8 #774BC8

monochromatic

#756924 #A49232 #C8B54B #D6C87A #E5DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C8B54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B54B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B54B	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca82',
    500: '#c8b54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b54b;
$custom-light: #dcca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76905,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B54B

secondary

#9DA5D2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B54B

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

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