#C8B939#C8B939

#C8B939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B939
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -8.94, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 63.89, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.031 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9087, 47.2745, 10.7875)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B939 #3948C8

analogous

#C87139 #C8B939 #90C839

triadic

#C8B939 #39C8B9 #B939C8

tetradic

#C8B939 #39C871 #3948C8 #C83990

square

#C8B939 #39C871 #3948C8 #C83990

split-complementary

#C8B939 #3990C8 #7139C8

monochromatic

#69611D #998E2B #C8B939 #D5CA69 #E3DB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C8B939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B939

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B939	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd78',
    500: '#c8b939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b939;
$custom-light: #dccd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77595,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B939

secondary

#8F95CE

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B939

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

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