#C8B738#C8B738

#C8B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B738
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -7.96, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 63.60, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0284 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4686, 46.4337, 10.5189)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B738 #3849C8

analogous

#C86F38 #C8B738 #91C838

triadic

#C8B738 #38C8B7 #B738C8

tetradic

#C8B738 #38C86F #3849C8 #C83891

square

#C8B738 #38C86F #3849C8 #C83891

split-complementary

#C8B738 #3891C8 #6F38C8

monochromatic

#69601D #998C2A #C8B738 #D5C868 #E3DA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B738

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B738	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc77',
    500: '#c8b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b738;
$custom-light: #dccc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B738

secondary

#8E95CE

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B738

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

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