#C8B145#C8B145

#C8B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B145
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -4.13, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 56.53, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.016 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6176, 44.1553, 12.0124)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B145 #455CC8

analogous

#C87045 #C8B145 #9DC845

triadic

#C8B145 #45C8B1 #B145C8

tetradic

#C8B145 #45C870 #455CC8 #C8459D

square

#C8B145 #45C870 #455CC8 #C8459D

split-complementary

#C8B145 #459DC8 #7045C8

monochromatic

#716321 #A08D2F #C8B145 #D6C574 #E4D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C8B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B145

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B145	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87e',
    500: '#c8b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b145;
$custom-light: #dcc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B145

secondary

#98A2D1

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B145

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

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