#C8B052#C8B052

#C8B052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B052
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -2.74, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 50.44, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0105 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.117 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8694, 43.9411, 14.3098)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B052 #526AC8

analogous

#C87552 #C8B052 #A5C852

triadic

#C8B052 #52C8B0 #B052C8

tetradic

#C8B052 #52C875 #526AC8 #C852A5

square

#C8B052 #52C875 #526AC8 #C852A5

split-complementary

#C8B052 #52A5C8 #7552C8

monochromatic

#796827 #A89035 #C8B052 #D7C580 #E6DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8B052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8B052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B052

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B052	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc786',
    500: '#c8b052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b052;
$custom-light: #dbc786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75936,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B052

secondary

#A2ACD4

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B052

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

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