#C8B640#C8B640

#C8B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B640
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -7.03, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 60.21, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0249 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4746, 46.1073, 11.5645)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B640 #4052C8

analogous

#C87240 #C8B640 #96C840

triadic

#C8B640 #40C8B6 #B640C8

tetradic

#C8B640 #40C872 #4052C8 #C84096

square

#C8B640 #40C872 #4052C8 #C84096

split-complementary

#C8B640 #4096C8 #7240C8

monochromatic

#6E6420 #9D8F2D #C8B640 #D6C870 #E3DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C8B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B640

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B640	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7b',
    500: '#c8b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b640;
$custom-light: #dccb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B640

secondary

#949CD0

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B640

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

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