#C8B944#C8B944

#C8B944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B944
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -8.36, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 59.60, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0282 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(42.2135, 47.3964, 12.3926)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B944 #4453C8

analogous

#C87744 #C8B944 #95C844

triadic

#C8B944 #44C8B9 #B944C8

tetradic

#C8B944 #44C877 #4453C8 #C84495

square

#C8B944 #44C877 #4453C8 #C84495

split-complementary

#C8B944 #4495C8 #7744C8

monochromatic

#716721 #A0932F #C8B944 #D6CB73 #E4DCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C8B944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B944

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B944	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)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7e',
    500: '#c8b944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b944;
$custom-light: #dccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77682,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B944

secondary

#979ED1

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B944

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

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