#C8B64C#C8B64C

#C8B64C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B64C
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -6.30, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 55.16, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0214 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8536, 46.2589, 13.5603)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B64C #4C5EC8

analogous

#C8784C #C8B64C #9CC84C

triadic

#C8B64C #4CC8B6 #B64CC8

tetradic

#C8B64C #4CC878 #4C5EC8 #C84C9C

square

#C8B64C #4CC878 #4C5EC8 #C84C9C

split-complementary

#C8B64C #4C9CC8 #784CC8

monochromatic

#756A24 #A49432 #C8B64C #D6C97B #E5DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C8B64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B64C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B64C	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)

#C6B140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb82',
    500: '#c8b64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b64c;
$custom-light: #dccb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77124,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B64C

secondary

#9EA5D2

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B64C

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

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