#C8B742#C8B742

#C8B742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B742
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -7.44, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 59.73, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0258 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(41.7381, 46.5415, 11.9381)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B742 #4253C8

analogous

#C87442 #C8B742 #96C842

triadic

#C8B742 #42C8B7 #B742C8

tetradic

#C8B742 #42C874 #4253C8 #C84296

square

#C8B742 #42C874 #4253C8 #C84296

split-complementary

#C8B742 #4296C8 #7442C8

monochromatic

#6F6520 #9F902E #C8B742 #D6C971 #E4DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C8B742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B742

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B742	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)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7c',
    500: '#c8b742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b742;
$custom-light: #dccc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.4654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B742

secondary

#969DD0

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B742

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

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