#C8B149#C8B149

#C8B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B149
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -3.88, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 54.80, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0148 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7459, 44.2066, 12.6885)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B149 #4960C8

analogous

#C87149 #C8B149 #9FC849

triadic

#C8B149 #49C8B1 #B149C8

tetradic

#C8B149 #49C871 #4960C8 #C8499F

square

#C8B149 #49C871 #4960C8 #C8499F

split-complementary

#C8B149 #499FC8 #7149C8

monochromatic

#746523 #A38E31 #C8B149 #D6C578 #E4D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C8B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B149

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B149	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)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc880',
    500: '#c8b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b149;
$custom-light: #dcc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B149

secondary

#9BA5D2

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B149

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

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