#C8B83B#C8B83B

#C8B83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.141 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B83B
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -8.33, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 62.81, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0291 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.141 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7512, 46.8779, 10.9860)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B83B #3B4BC8

analogous

#C8713B #C8B83B #92C83B

triadic

#C8B83B #3BC8B8 #B83BC8

tetradic

#C8B83B #3BC871 #3B4BC8 #C83B92

square

#C8B83B #3BC871 #3B4BC8 #C83B92

split-complementary

#C8B83B #3B92C8 #713BC8

monochromatic

#6B621E #9A8E2B #C8B83B #D5C96B #E3DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8B83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B83B

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B83B	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.141 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd79',
    500: '#c8b83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b83b;
$custom-light: #dccd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77398,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B83B

secondary

#9097CF

accent

#59DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B83B

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

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