#C8B254#C8B254

#C8B254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B254
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -3.64, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 50.18, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0128 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.117 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3417, 44.7621, 14.8481)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B254 #546AC8

analogous

#C87854 #C8B254 #A4C854

triadic

#C8B254 #54C8B2 #B254C8

tetradic

#C8B254 #54C878 #546AC8 #C854A4

square

#C8B254 #54C878 #546AC8 #C854A4

split-complementary

#C8B254 #54A4C8 #7854C8

monochromatic

#7A6B27 #A99336 #C8B254 #D7C782 #E6DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8B254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B254

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B254	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)

#C2AE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc887',
    500: '#c8b254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b254;
$custom-light: #dbc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76375,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B254

secondary

#A4ADD4

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B254

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

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