#C8B74B#C8B74B

#C8B74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B74B
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -6.89, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 55.95, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0232 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0246, 46.6561, 13.4472)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B74B #4B5CC8

analogous

#C8794B #C8B74B #9BC84B

triadic

#C8B74B #4BC8B7 #B74BC8

tetradic

#C8B74B #4BC879 #4B5CC8 #C84B9B

square

#C8B74B #4BC879 #4B5CC8 #C84B9B

split-complementary

#C8B74B #4B9BC8 #794BC8

monochromatic

#756A24 #A49432 #C8B74B #D6CA7A #E5DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B74B

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B74B	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)

#C7B23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc82',
    500: '#c8b74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b74b;
$custom-light: #dccc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B74B

secondary

#9DA4D2

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B74B

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

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