#C8B146#C8B146

#C8B146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B146
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -4.07, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 56.10, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0157 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6489, 44.1678, 12.1773)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B146 #465DC8

analogous

#C87046 #C8B146 #9EC846

triadic

#C8B146 #46C8B1 #B146C8

tetradic

#C8B146 #46C870 #465DC8 #C8469E

square

#C8B146 #46C870 #465DC8 #C8469E

split-complementary

#C8B146 #469EC8 #7046C8

monochromatic

#726422 #A18D30 #C8B146 #D6C575 #E4D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C8B146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B146

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B146	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87e',
    500: '#c8b146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b146;
$custom-light: #dcc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B146

secondary

#99A3D1

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B146

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

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