#C8B942#C8B942

#C8B942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B942
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -8.47, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 60.41, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0288 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1535, 47.3724, 12.0766)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B942 #4251C8

analogous

#C87642 #C8B942 #94C842

triadic

#C8B942 #42C8B9 #B942C8

tetradic

#C8B942 #42C876 #4251C8 #C84294

square

#C8B942 #42C876 #4251C8 #C84294

split-complementary

#C8B942 #4294C8 #7642C8

monochromatic

#6F6620 #9F922E #C8B942 #D6CB71 #E4DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C8B942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B942

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B942	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#CAB332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7d',
    500: '#c8b942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b942;
$custom-light: #dccd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B942

secondary

#969CD0

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B942

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

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