#C8B744#C8B744

#C8B744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B744
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -7.32, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 58.91, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0253 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7981, 46.5655, 12.2541)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B744 #4455C8

analogous

#C87544 #C8B744 #97C844

triadic

#C8B744 #44C8B7 #B744C8

tetradic

#C8B744 #44C875 #4455C8 #C84497

square

#C8B744 #44C875 #4455C8 #C84497

split-complementary

#C8B744 #4497C8 #7544C8

monochromatic

#716621 #A0912F #C8B744 #D6C973 #E4DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C8B744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B744

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B744	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)

#C8B235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc7e',
    500: '#c8b744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b744;
$custom-light: #dccc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B744

secondary

#979FD1

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B744

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

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