#C8B73B#C8B73B

#C8B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B73B
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -7.81, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 62.48, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0276 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5442, 46.4639, 10.9170)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B73B #3B4CC8

analogous

#C8703B #C8B73B #92C83B

triadic

#C8B73B #3BC8B7 #B73BC8

tetradic

#C8B73B #3BC870 #3B4CC8 #C83B92

square

#C8B73B #3BC870 #3B4CC8 #C83B92

split-complementary

#C8B73B #3B92C8 #703BC8

monochromatic

#6B611E #9A8D2B #C8B73B #D5C96B #E3DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C8B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B73B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B73B	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)

#C8B228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc79',
    500: '#c8b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b73b;
$custom-light: #dccc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77187,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B73B

secondary

#9098CF

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B73B

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

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