#C8B943#C8B943

#C8B943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B943
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -8.41, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 60.01, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0285 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(42.1832, 47.3843, 12.2332)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B943 #4352C8

analogous

#C87643 #C8B943 #95C843

triadic

#C8B943 #43C8B9 #B943C8

tetradic

#C8B943 #43C876 #4352C8 #C84395

square

#C8B943 #43C876 #4352C8 #C84395

split-complementary

#C8B943 #4395C8 #7643C8

monochromatic

#706721 #9F932F #C8B943 #D6CB72 #E4DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C8B943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B943

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B943	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7d',
    500: '#c8b943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b943;
$custom-light: #dccd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77673,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B943

secondary

#969DD0

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B943

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

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