#C8B64F#C8B64F

#C8B64F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B64F
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -6.10, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 53.83, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0205 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9603, 46.3015, 14.1225)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B64F #4F61C8

analogous

#C8794F #C8B64F #9EC84F

triadic

#C8B64F #4FC8B6 #B64FC8

tetradic

#C8B64F #4FC879 #4F61C8 #C84F9E

square

#C8B64F #4FC879 #4F61C8 #C84F9E

split-complementary

#C8B64F #4F9EC8 #794FC8

monochromatic

#776B25 #A69534 #C8B64F #D7C97E #E5DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C8B64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B64F

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B64F	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)

#C6B144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb84',
    500: '#c8b64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b64f;
$custom-light: #dccb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B64F

secondary

#A0A7D3

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B64F

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

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