#C8B84C#C8B84C

#C8B84C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B84C
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -7.34, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 55.86, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0244 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2661, 47.0839, 13.6978)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B84C #4C5CC8

analogous

#C87A4C #C8B84C #9AC84C

triadic

#C8B84C #4CC8B8 #B84CC8

tetradic

#C8B84C #4CC87A #4C5CC8 #C84C9A

square

#C8B84C #4CC87A #4C5CC8 #C84C9A

split-complementary

#C8B84C #4C9AC8 #7A4CC8

monochromatic

#756B24 #A49632 #C8B84C #D6CB7B #E5DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C8B84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B84C

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B84C	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd82',
    500: '#c8b84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b84c;
$custom-light: #dccd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B84C

secondary

#9EA4D2

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B84C

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

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