#C8B83E#C8B83E

#C8B83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B83E
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -8.17, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 61.66, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0283 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8312, 46.9099, 11.4076)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B83E #3E4EC8

analogous

#C8733E #C8B83E #93C83E

triadic

#C8B83E #3EC8B8 #B83EC8

tetradic

#C8B83E #3EC873 #3E4EC8 #C83E93

square

#C8B83E #3EC873 #3E4EC8 #C83E93

split-complementary

#C8B83E #3E93C8 #733EC8

monochromatic

#6D641F #9C8F2D #C8B83E #D6CA6E #E3DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C8B83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B83E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B83E	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)

#C9B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7a',
    500: '#c8b83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b83e;
$custom-light: #dccd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77421,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B83E

secondary

#929ACF

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B83E

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

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