#C8B94C#C8B94C

#C8B94C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B94C
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -7.86, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 56.22, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0259 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4745, 47.5008, 13.7673)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B94C #4C5BC8

analogous

#C87B4C #C8B94C #99C84C

triadic

#C8B94C #4CC8B9 #B94CC8

tetradic

#C8B94C #4CC87B #4C5BC8 #C84C99

square

#C8B94C #4CC87B #4C5BC8 #C84C99

split-complementary

#C8B94C #4C99C8 #7B4CC8

monochromatic

#756C24 #A49732 #C8B94C #D6CB7B #E5DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C8B94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B94C

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B94C	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd83',
    500: '#c8b94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b94c;
$custom-light: #dccd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B94C

secondary

#9EA4D2

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B94C

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

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