#C8B844#C8B844

#C8B844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B844
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -7.84, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 59.26, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0267 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0050, 46.9795, 12.3231)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B844 #4454C8

analogous

#C87644 #C8B844 #96C844

triadic

#C8B844 #44C8B8 #B844C8

tetradic

#C8B844 #44C876 #4454C8 #C84496

square

#C8B844 #44C876 #4454C8 #C84496

split-complementary

#C8B844 #4496C8 #7644C8

monochromatic

#716721 #A0922F #C8B844 #D6CA73 #E4DCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C8B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B844

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B844	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7e',
    500: '#c8b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b844;
$custom-light: #dccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77471,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B844

secondary

#979ED1

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B844

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

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