#C8B940#C8B940

#C8B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B940
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -8.58, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 61.21, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0293 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0956, 47.3492, 11.7714)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B940 #404FC8

analogous

#C87540 #C8B940 #93C840

triadic

#C8B940 #40C8B9 #B940C8

tetradic

#C8B940 #40C875 #404FC8 #C84093

square

#C8B940 #40C875 #404FC8 #C84093

split-complementary

#C8B940 #4093C8 #7540C8

monochromatic

#6E6520 #9D912D #C8B940 #D6CA70 #E3DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C8B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B940

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B940	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7c',
    500: '#c8b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b940;
$custom-light: #dccd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77648,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B940

secondary

#949BD0

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B940

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

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