#C8B54C#C8B54C

#C8B54C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B54C
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -5.78, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 54.82, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0199 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6495, 45.8507, 13.4923)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B54C #4C5FC8

analogous

#C8774C #C8B54C #9DC84C

triadic

#C8B54C #4CC8B5 #B54CC8

tetradic

#C8B54C #4CC877 #4C5FC8 #C84C9D

square

#C8B54C #4CC877 #4C5FC8 #C84C9D

split-complementary

#C8B54C #4C9DC8 #774CC8

monochromatic

#756924 #A49332 #C8B54C #D6C87B #E5DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C8B54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B54C

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B54C	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C5B040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca82',
    500: '#c8b54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b54c;
$custom-light: #dcca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B54C

secondary

#9EA6D2

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B54C

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

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