#C8B644#C8B644

#C8B644 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B644
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -6.80, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 58.58, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0238 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5925, 46.1544, 12.1856)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B644 #4456C8

analogous

#C87444 #C8B644 #98C844

triadic

#C8B644 #44C8B6 #B644C8

tetradic

#C8B644 #44C874 #4456C8 #C84498

square

#C8B644 #44C874 #4456C8 #C84498

split-complementary

#C8B644 #4498C8 #7444C8

monochromatic

#716621 #A0902F #C8B644 #D6C873 #E4DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C8B644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B644

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B644	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)

#C7B135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7e',
    500: '#c8b644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b644;
$custom-light: #dccb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B644

secondary

#979FD1

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B644

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

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