#C8B740#C8B740

#C8B740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B740
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -7.55, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 60.54, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0263 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6801, 46.5183, 11.6330)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B740 #4051C8

analogous

#C87340 #C8B740 #95C840

triadic

#C8B740 #40C8B7 #B740C8

tetradic

#C8B740 #40C873 #4051C8 #C84095

square

#C8B740 #40C873 #4051C8 #C84095

split-complementary

#C8B740 #4095C8 #7340C8

monochromatic

#6E6420 #9D8F2D #C8B740 #D6C970 #E3DB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C8B740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B740

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B740	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)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7b',
    500: '#c8b740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b740;
$custom-light: #dccc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B740

secondary

#949CD0

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B740

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

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