#C8B63E#C8B63E

#C8B63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B63E
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -7.14, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 61.00, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0254 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4187, 46.0849, 11.2701)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B63E #3E50C8

analogous

#C8713E #C8B63E #95C83E

triadic

#C8B63E #3EC8B6 #B63EC8

tetradic

#C8B63E #3EC871 #3E50C8 #C83E95

square

#C8B63E #3EC871 #3E50C8 #C83E95

split-complementary

#C8B63E #3E95C8 #713EC8

monochromatic

#6D631F #9C8E2D #C8B63E #D6C86E #E3DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C8B63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B63E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B63E	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7a',
    500: '#c8b63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b63e;
$custom-light: #dccb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B63E

secondary

#929ACF

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B63E

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

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