#C8B150#C8B150

#C8B150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B150
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -3.41, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 51.68, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0126 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.12 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9912, 44.3047, 13.9804)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B150 #5067C8

analogous

#C87550 #C8B150 #A3C850

triadic

#C8B150 #50C8B1 #B150C8

tetradic

#C8B150 #50C875 #5067C8 #C850A3

square

#C8B150 #50C875 #5067C8 #C850A3

split-complementary

#C8B150 #50A3C8 #7550C8

monochromatic

#786826 #A69134 #C8B150 #D7C67F #E5DBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8B150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B150

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B150	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc885',
    500: '#c8b150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b150;
$custom-light: #dcc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76122,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B150

secondary

#A1AAD3

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B150

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

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