#C8B83D#C8B83D

#C8B83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B83D
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -8.23, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 62.05, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0286 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8040, 46.8991, 11.2644)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B83D #3D4DC8

analogous

#C8723D #C8B83D #92C83D

triadic

#C8B83D #3DC8B8 #B83DC8

tetradic

#C8B83D #3DC872 #3D4DC8 #C83D92

square

#C8B83D #3DC872 #3D4DC8 #C83D92

split-complementary

#C8B83D #3D92C8 #723DC8

monochromatic

#6C631F #9C8F2C #C8B83D #D6C96D #E3DB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8B83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B83D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B83D	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)

#C9B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7a',
    500: '#c8b83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b83d;
$custom-light: #dccd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B83D

secondary

#9299CF

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B83D

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

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