#C8B74E#C8B74E

#C8B74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B74E
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -6.69, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 54.63, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0223 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1297, 46.6981, 14.0007)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B74E #4E5FC8

analogous

#C87A4E #C8B74E #9CC84E

triadic

#C8B74E #4EC8B7 #B74EC8

tetradic

#C8B74E #4EC87A #4E5FC8 #C84E9C

square

#C8B74E #4EC87A #4E5FC8 #C84E9C

split-complementary

#C8B74E #4E9CC8 #7A4EC8

monochromatic

#776B25 #A59633 #C8B74E #D7CA7D #E5DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C8B74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B74E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B74E	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc84',
    500: '#c8b74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b74e;
$custom-light: #dccc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77355,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B74E

secondary

#9FA6D3

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B74E

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

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