#C8B247#C8B247

#C8B247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B247
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -4.53, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 55.99, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0169 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8789, 44.5770, 12.4110)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B247 #475DC8

analogous

#C87147 #C8B247 #9EC847

triadic

#C8B247 #47C8B2 #B247C8

tetradic

#C8B247 #47C871 #475DC8 #C8479E

square

#C8B247 #47C871 #475DC8 #C8479E

split-complementary

#C8B247 #479EC8 #7147C8

monochromatic

#726522 #A28E30 #C8B247 #D6C676 #E4D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8B247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B247

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B247	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc87f',
    500: '#c8b247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b247;
$custom-light: #dcc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B247

secondary

#9AA3D1

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B247

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

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