#C8B148#C8B148

#C8B148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B148
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -3.94, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 55.24, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0151 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7131, 44.1935, 12.5153)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B148 #485FC8

analogous

#C87148 #C8B148 #9FC848

triadic

#C8B148 #48C8B1 #B148C8

tetradic

#C8B148 #48C871 #485FC8 #C8489F

square

#C8B148 #48C871 #485FC8 #C8489F

split-complementary

#C8B148 #489FC8 #7148C8

monochromatic

#736523 #A28E31 #C8B148 #D6C577 #E4D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C8B148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B148

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B148	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc880',
    500: '#c8b148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b148;
$custom-light: #dcc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B148

secondary

#9AA4D1

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B148

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

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