#C8B246#C8B246

#C8B246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B246
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -4.59, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 56.42, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0172 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8471, 44.5643, 12.2434)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B246 #465CC8

analogous

#C87146 #C8B246 #9DC846

triadic

#C8B246 #46C8B2 #B246C8

tetradic

#C8B246 #46C871 #465CC8 #C8469D

square

#C8B246 #46C871 #465CC8 #C8469D

split-complementary

#C8B246 #469DC8 #7146C8

monochromatic

#726422 #A18E30 #C8B246 #D6C675 #E4D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8B246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B246

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B246	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)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87e',
    500: '#c8b246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b246;
$custom-light: #dcc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76229,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B246

secondary

#99A2D1

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B246

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

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