#C8B638#C8B638

#C8B638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B638
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -7.44, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 63.28, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0269 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2631, 46.0227, 10.4504)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B638 #384AC8

analogous

#C86E38 #C8B638 #92C838

triadic

#C8B638 #38C8B6 #B638C8

tetradic

#C8B638 #38C86E #384AC8 #C83892

square

#C8B638 #38C86E #384AC8 #C83892

split-complementary

#C8B638 #3892C8 #6E38C8

monochromatic

#695F1D #998B2A #C8B638 #D5C868 #E3D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C8B638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B638

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B638	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb77',
    500: '#c8b638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b638;
$custom-light: #dccb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76954,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B638

secondary

#8E96CE

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B638

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

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