#C8B741#C8B741

#C8B741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B741
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -7.49, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 60.14, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0261 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(41.7088, 46.5298, 11.7842)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B741 #4152C8

analogous

#C87341 #C8B741 #96C841

triadic

#C8B741 #41C8B7 #B741C8

tetradic

#C8B741 #41C873 #4152C8 #C84196

square

#C8B741 #41C873 #4152C8 #C84196

split-complementary

#C8B741 #4196C8 #7341C8

monochromatic

#6F6520 #9E902E #C8B741 #D6C970 #E3DBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C8B741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B741

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B741	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7c',
    500: '#c8b741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b741;
$custom-light: #dccc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.46528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B741

secondary

#959CD0

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B741

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

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