#C8B050#C8B050

#C8B050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B050
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -2.88, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 51.36, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0111 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.119 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7944, 43.9112, 13.9148)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B050 #5068C8

analogous

#C87450 #C8B050 #A4C850

triadic

#C8B050 #50C8B0 #B050C8

tetradic

#C8B050 #50C874 #5068C8 #C850A4

square

#C8B050 #50C874 #5068C8 #C850A4

split-complementary

#C8B050 #50A4C8 #7450C8

monochromatic

#786726 #A69034 #C8B050 #D7C57F #E5DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C8B050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B050

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B050	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc784',
    500: '#c8b050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b050;
$custom-light: #dcc784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75914,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B050

secondary

#A1ABD3

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B050

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

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