#C8B045#C8B045

#C8B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B045
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -3.60, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 56.21, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0145 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4208, 43.7617, 11.9468)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B045 #455DC8

analogous

#C86F45 #C8B045 #9EC845

triadic

#C8B045 #45C8B0 #B045C8

tetradic

#C8B045 #45C86F #455DC8 #C8459E

square

#C8B045 #45C86F #455DC8 #C8459E

split-complementary

#C8B045 #459EC8 #6F45C8

monochromatic

#716321 #A08C2F #C8B045 #D6C474 #E4D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B045

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B045	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77e',
    500: '#c8b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b045;
$custom-light: #dcc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B045

secondary

#98A2D1

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B045

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

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