#C8B73D#C8B73D

#C8B73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B73D
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -7.71, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 61.72, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0271 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5970, 46.4851, 11.1954)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B73D #3D4EC8

analogous

#C8713D #C8B73D #93C83D

triadic

#C8B73D #3DC8B7 #B73DC8

tetradic

#C8B73D #3DC871 #3D4EC8 #C83D93

square

#C8B73D #3DC871 #3D4EC8 #C83D93

split-complementary

#C8B73D #3D93C8 #713DC8

monochromatic

#6C631F #9C8E2C #C8B73D #D6C96D #E3DA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8B73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B73D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B73D	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7a',
    500: '#c8b73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b73d;
$custom-light: #dccc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77202,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B73D

secondary

#9299CF

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B73D

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

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