#C8B049#C8B049

#C8B049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B049
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -3.35, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 54.48, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0133 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5492, 43.8130, 12.6229)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B049 #4961C8

analogous

#C87049 #C8B049 #A0C849

triadic

#C8B049 #49C8B0 #B049C8

tetradic

#C8B049 #49C870 #4961C8 #C849A0

square

#C8B049 #49C870 #4961C8 #C849A0

split-complementary

#C8B049 #49A0C8 #7049C8

monochromatic

#746423 #A38D31 #C8B049 #D6C478 #E4D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C8B049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B049

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B049	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc780',
    500: '#c8b049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b049;
$custom-light: #dcc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B049

secondary

#9BA5D2

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B049

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

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