#C8B64A#C8B64A

#C8B64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B64A
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -6.43, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 56.03, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.022 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7851, 46.2315, 13.1998)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B64A #4A5CC8

analogous

#C8774A #C8B64A #9BC84A

triadic

#C8B64A #4AC8B6 #B64AC8

tetradic

#C8B64A #4AC877 #4A5CC8 #C84A9B

square

#C8B64A #4AC877 #4A5CC8 #C84A9B

split-complementary

#C8B64A #4A9BC8 #774AC8

monochromatic

#746923 #A39332 #C8B64A #D6C979 #E5DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8B64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B64A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B64A	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb81',
    500: '#c8b64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b64a;
$custom-light: #dccb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77105,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B64A

secondary

#9CA4D2

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B64A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →