#C8B046#C8B046

#C8B046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B046
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -3.54, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 55.78, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0142 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4521, 43.7742, 12.1117)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B046 #465EC8

analogous

#C86F46 #C8B046 #9FC846

triadic

#C8B046 #46C8B0 #B046C8

tetradic

#C8B046 #46C86F #465EC8 #C8469F

square

#C8B046 #46C86F #465EC8 #C8469F

split-complementary

#C8B046 #469FC8 #6F46C8

monochromatic

#726322 #A18C30 #C8B046 #D6C475 #E4D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8B046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B046

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B046	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc77e',
    500: '#c8b046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b046;
$custom-light: #dcc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B046

secondary

#99A3D1

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B046

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

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