#C8B73E#C8B73E

#C8B73E 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	#C8B73E
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -7.66, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 61.33, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0269 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6242, 46.4960, 11.3386)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B73E #3E4FC8

analogous

#C8723E #C8B73E #94C83E

triadic

#C8B73E #3EC8B7 #B73EC8

tetradic

#C8B73E #3EC872 #3E4FC8 #C83E94

square

#C8B73E #3EC872 #3E4FC8 #C83E94

split-complementary

#C8B73E #3E94C8 #723EC8

monochromatic

#6D631F #9C8F2D #C8B73E #D6C96E #E3DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8B73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B73E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B73E	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)

#C8B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7a',
    500: '#c8b73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b73e;
$custom-light: #dccc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B73E

secondary

#929ACF

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B73E

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

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