#C8B843#C8B843

#C8B843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B843
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -7.90, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 59.67, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.027 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9748, 46.9674, 12.1637)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B843 #4353C8

analogous

#C87643 #C8B843 #96C843

triadic

#C8B843 #43C8B8 #B843C8

tetradic

#C8B843 #43C876 #4353C8 #C84396

square

#C8B843 #43C876 #4353C8 #C84396

split-complementary

#C8B843 #4396C8 #7643C8

monochromatic

#706621 #9F922F #C8B843 #D6CA72 #E4DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C8B843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B843

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B843	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)

#C9B334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7d',
    500: '#c8b843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b843;
$custom-light: #dccd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77462,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B843

secondary

#969DD0

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B843

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

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