#C8B74A#C8B74A

#C8B74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B74A
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -6.95, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 56.38, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0235 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9906, 46.6425, 13.2683)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B74A #4A5BC8

analogous

#C8784A #C8B74A #9AC84A

triadic

#C8B74A #4AC8B7 #B74AC8

tetradic

#C8B74A #4AC878 #4A5BC8 #C84A9A

square

#C8B74A #4AC878 #4A5BC8 #C84A9A

split-complementary

#C8B74A #4A9AC8 #784AC8

monochromatic

#746923 #A39432 #C8B74A #D6CA79 #E5DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B74A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B74A	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc81',
    500: '#c8b74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b74a;
$custom-light: #dccc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77315,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B74A

secondary

#9CA3D2

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B74A

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

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