#C8B151#C8B151

#C8B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B151
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -3.34, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 51.23, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0123 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.119 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.0285, 44.3196, 14.1764)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B151 #5168C8

analogous

#C87551 #C8B151 #A4C851

triadic

#C8B151 #51C8B1 #B151C8

tetradic

#C8B151 #51C875 #5168C8 #C851A4

square

#C8B151 #51C875 #5168C8 #C851A4

split-complementary

#C8B151 #51A4C8 #7551C8

monochromatic

#796926 #A79135 #C8B151 #D7C680 #E5DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C8B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B151

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B151	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc885',
    500: '#c8b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b151;
$custom-light: #dbc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76133,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B151

secondary

#A1ABD3

accent

#68DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B151

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

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