#C8B249#C8B249

#C8B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B249
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -4.41, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 55.13, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0163 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9442, 44.6031, 12.7546)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B249 #495FC8

analogous

#C87249 #C8B249 #9EC849

triadic

#C8B249 #49C8B2 #B249C8

tetradic

#C8B249 #49C872 #495FC8 #C8499E

square

#C8B249 #49C872 #495FC8 #C8499E

split-complementary

#C8B249 #499EC8 #7249C8

monochromatic

#746623 #A38F31 #C8B249 #D6C678 #E4DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B249

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B249	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)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc880',
    500: '#c8b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b249;
$custom-light: #dcc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B249

secondary

#9BA5D2

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B249

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

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