#C8B642#C8B642

#C8B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B642
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -6.92, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 59.40, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0243 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5325, 46.1304, 11.8696)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B642 #4254C8

analogous

#C87342 #C8B642 #97C842

triadic

#C8B642 #42C8B6 #B642C8

tetradic

#C8B642 #42C873 #4254C8 #C84297

square

#C8B642 #42C873 #4254C8 #C84297

split-complementary

#C8B642 #4297C8 #7342C8

monochromatic

#6F6520 #9F902E #C8B642 #D6C871 #E4DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C8B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B642

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B642	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7c',
    500: '#c8b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b642;
$custom-light: #dccb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B642

secondary

#969ED0

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B642

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

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