#C8B252#C8B252

#C8B252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B252
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -3.79, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 51.10, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0135 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2645, 44.7312, 14.4414)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B252 #5268C8

analogous

#C87752 #C8B252 #A3C852

triadic

#C8B252 #52C8B2 #B252C8

tetradic

#C8B252 #52C877 #5268C8 #C852A3

square

#C8B252 #52C877 #5268C8 #C852A3

split-complementary

#C8B252 #52A3C8 #7752C8

monochromatic

#796A27 #A89235 #C8B252 #D7C780 #E6DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B252

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B252	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc886',
    500: '#c8b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b252;
$custom-light: #dbc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B252

secondary

#A2ABD4

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B252

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

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