#C8B739#C8B739

#C8B739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B739
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -7.91, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 63.23, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0281 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4933, 46.4436, 10.6490)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B739 #394AC8

analogous

#C86F39 #C8B739 #92C839

triadic

#C8B739 #39C8B7 #B739C8

tetradic

#C8B739 #39C86F #394AC8 #C83992

square

#C8B739 #39C86F #394AC8 #C83992

split-complementary

#C8B739 #3992C8 #6F39C8

monochromatic

#69601D #998C2B #C8B739 #D5C869 #E3DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8B739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B739

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B739	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)

#C8B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc78',
    500: '#c8b739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b739;
$custom-light: #dccc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77172,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B739

secondary

#8F96CE

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B739

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

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