#C8B152#C8B152

#C8B152 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B152
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -3.26, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 50.77, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.012 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0662, 44.3347, 14.3754)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B152 #5269C8

analogous

#C87652 #C8B152 #A4C852

triadic

#C8B152 #52C8B1 #B152C8

tetradic

#C8B152 #52C876 #5269C8 #C852A4

square

#C8B152 #52C876 #5269C8 #C852A4

split-complementary

#C8B152 #52A4C8 #7652C8

monochromatic

#796927 #A89135 #C8B152 #D7C680 #E6DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C8B152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B152

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B152	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc886',
    500: '#c8b152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b152;
$custom-light: #dbc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B152

secondary

#A2ACD4

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B152

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

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