#C8B54D#C8B54D

#C8B54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B54D
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -5.71, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 54.38, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0196 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(41.6845, 45.8647, 13.6768)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B54D #4D60C8

analogous

#C8784D #C8B54D #9EC84D

triadic

#C8B54D #4DC8B5 #B54DC8

tetradic

#C8B54D #4DC878 #4D60C8 #C84D9E

square

#C8B54D #4DC878 #4D60C8 #C84D9E

split-complementary

#C8B54D #4D9EC8 #784DC8

monochromatic

#766A24 #A59333 #C8B54D #D6C87C #E5DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C8B54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B54D

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B54D	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)

#C5B041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca83',
    500: '#c8b54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b54d;
$custom-light: #dcca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76925,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.45863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B54D

secondary

#9EA6D2

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B54D

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

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