#C8B64E#C8B64E

#C8B64E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B64E
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -6.16, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 54.28, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0208 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9242, 46.2871, 13.9322)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B64E #4E60C8

analogous

#C8794E #C8B64E #9DC84E

triadic

#C8B64E #4EC8B6 #B64EC8

tetradic

#C8B64E #4EC879 #4E60C8 #C84E9D

square

#C8B64E #4EC879 #4E60C8 #C84E9D

split-complementary

#C8B64E #4E9DC8 #794EC8

monochromatic

#776B25 #A59533 #C8B64E #D7C97D #E5DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C8B64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B64E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B64E	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb84',
    500: '#c8b64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b64e;
$custom-light: #dccb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B64E

secondary

#9FA7D3

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B64E

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

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