#C8B84A#C8B84A

#C8B84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B84A
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -7.47, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 56.73, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.025 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.131 101)
XYZ	xyz(42.1976, 47.0565, 13.3373)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B84A #4A5AC8

analogous

#C8794A #C8B84A #99C84A

triadic

#C8B84A #4AC8B8 #B84AC8

tetradic

#C8B84A #4AC879 #4A5AC8 #C84A99

square

#C8B84A #4AC879 #4A5AC8 #C84A99

split-complementary

#C8B84A #4A99C8 #794AC8

monochromatic

#746A23 #A39532 #C8B84A #D6CA79 #E5DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C8B84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B84A

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B84A	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd81',
    500: '#c8b84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b84a;
$custom-light: #dccd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77526,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.47055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B84A

secondary

#9CA3D2

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B84A

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

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