#C8B245#C8B245

#C8B245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B245
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -4.65, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 56.84, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0175 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8158, 44.5518, 12.0785)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B245 #455BC8

analogous

#C87145 #C8B245 #9CC845

triadic

#C8B245 #45C8B2 #B245C8

tetradic

#C8B245 #45C871 #455BC8 #C8459C

square

#C8B245 #45C871 #455BC8 #C8459C

split-complementary

#C8B245 #459CC8 #7145C8

monochromatic

#716421 #A08D2F #C8B245 #D6C674 #E4D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8B245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B245

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B245	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87e',
    500: '#c8b245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b245;
$custom-light: #dcc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7622,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B245

secondary

#98A2D1

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B245

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

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