#C8B147#C8B147

#C8B147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B147
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -4.01, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 55.67, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0154 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.6807, 44.1805, 12.3449)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B147 #475EC8

analogous

#C87047 #C8B147 #9FC847

triadic

#C8B147 #47C8B1 #B147C8

tetradic

#C8B147 #47C870 #475EC8 #C8479F

square

#C8B147 #47C870 #475EC8 #C8479F

split-complementary

#C8B147 #479FC8 #7047C8

monochromatic

#726422 #A28D30 #C8B147 #D6C576 #E4D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C8B147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B147

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B147	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87f',
    500: '#c8b147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b147;
$custom-light: #dcc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7603,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B147

secondary

#9AA4D1

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B147

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

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