#C8B248#C8B248

#C8B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B248
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -4.47, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 55.56, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0167 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9113, 44.5899, 12.5814)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B248 #485EC8

analogous

#C87248 #C8B248 #9EC848

triadic

#C8B248 #48C8B2 #B248C8

tetradic

#C8B248 #48C872 #485EC8 #C8489E

square

#C8B248 #48C872 #485EC8 #C8489E

split-complementary

#C8B248 #489EC8 #7248C8

monochromatic

#736523 #A28F31 #C8B248 #D6C677 #E4DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B248

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B248	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc880',
    500: '#c8b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b248;
$custom-light: #dcc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76248,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B248

secondary

#9AA4D1

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B248

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

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