#C8B54E#C8B54E

#C8B54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B54E
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -5.64, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 53.93, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0193 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7201, 45.8790, 13.8642)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B54E #4E61C8

analogous

#C8784E #C8B54E #9EC84E

triadic

#C8B54E #4EC8B5 #B54EC8

tetradic

#C8B54E #4EC878 #4E61C8 #C84E9E

square

#C8B54E #4EC878 #4E61C8 #C84E9E

split-complementary

#C8B54E #4E9EC8 #784EC8

monochromatic

#776A25 #A59433 #C8B54E #D7C97D #E5DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C8B54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B54E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B54E	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca84',
    500: '#c8b54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b54e;
$custom-light: #dcca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B54E

secondary

#9FA7D3

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B54E

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

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