#C8B250#C8B250

#C8B250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B250
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -3.93, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 52.01, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0142 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1895, 44.7012, 14.0465)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B250 #5066C8

analogous

#C87650 #C8B250 #A2C850

triadic

#C8B250 #50C8B2 #B250C8

tetradic

#C8B250 #50C876 #5066C8 #C850A2

square

#C8B250 #50C876 #5066C8 #C850A2

split-complementary

#C8B250 #50A2C8 #7650C8

monochromatic

#786926 #A69234 #C8B250 #D7C67F #E5DBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B250

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B250	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc885',
    500: '#c8b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b250;
$custom-light: #dcc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7633,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B250

secondary

#A1AAD3

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B250

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

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