#C8B74C#C8B74C

#C8B74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B74C
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -6.82, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 55.51, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0229 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0591, 46.6699, 13.6288)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B74C #4C5DC8

analogous

#C8794C #C8B74C #9BC84C

triadic

#C8B74C #4CC8B7 #B74CC8

tetradic

#C8B74C #4CC879 #4C5DC8 #C84C9B

square

#C8B74C #4CC879 #4C5DC8 #C84C9B

split-complementary

#C8B74C #4C9BC8 #794CC8

monochromatic

#756A24 #A49532 #C8B74C #D6CA7B #E5DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B74C

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B74C	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)

#C7B240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc82',
    500: '#c8b74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b74c;
$custom-light: #dccc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B74C

secondary

#9EA5D2

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B74C

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

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