#C8B842#C8B842

#C8B842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B842
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -7.95, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 60.07, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0273 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9450, 46.9555, 12.0071)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B842 #4252C8

analogous

#C87542 #C8B842 #95C842

triadic

#C8B842 #42C8B8 #B842C8

tetradic

#C8B842 #42C875 #4252C8 #C84295

square

#C8B842 #42C875 #4252C8 #C84295

split-complementary

#C8B842 #4295C8 #7542C8

monochromatic

#6F6620 #9F912E #C8B842 #D6CA71 #E4DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C8B842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B842

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B842	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7d',
    500: '#c8b842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b842;
$custom-light: #dccd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B842

secondary

#969DD0

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B842

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

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