#C8B63B#C8B63B

#C8B63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B63B
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -7.29, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 62.16, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0262 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3386, 46.0529, 10.8485)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B63B #3B4DC8

analogous

#C86F3B #C8B63B #94C83B

triadic

#C8B63B #3BC8B6 #B63BC8

tetradic

#C8B63B #3BC86F #3B4DC8 #C83B94

square

#C8B63B #3BC86F #3B4DC8 #C83B94

split-complementary

#C8B63B #3B94C8 #6F3BC8

monochromatic

#6B611E #9A8C2B #C8B63B #D5C86B #E3DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C8B63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B63B

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B63B	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb78',
    500: '#c8b63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b63b;
$custom-light: #dccb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76976,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B63B

secondary

#9098CF

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B63B

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

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