#C8B841#C8B841

#C8B841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B841
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -8.01, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 60.47, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0276 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9158, 46.9438, 11.8532)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B841 #4151C8

analogous

#C87541 #C8B841 #95C841

triadic

#C8B841 #41C8B8 #B841C8

tetradic

#C8B841 #41C875 #4151C8 #C84195

square

#C8B841 #41C875 #4151C8 #C84195

split-complementary

#C8B841 #4195C8 #7541C8

monochromatic

#6F6520 #9E912E #C8B841 #D6CA70 #E3DBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C8B841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B841

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B841	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7c',
    500: '#c8b841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b841;
$custom-light: #dccd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B841

secondary

#959CD0

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B841

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

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