#C8B349#C8B349

#C8B349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B349
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -4.93, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 55.46, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0178 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1439, 45.0025, 12.8212)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B349 #495EC8

analogous

#C87349 #C8B349 #9DC849

triadic

#C8B349 #49C8B3 #B349C8

tetradic

#C8B349 #49C873 #495EC8 #C8499D

square

#C8B349 #49C873 #495EC8 #C8499D

split-complementary

#C8B349 #499DC8 #7349C8

monochromatic

#746623 #A39031 #C8B349 #D6C778 #E4DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C8B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B349

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B349	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc980',
    500: '#c8b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b349;
$custom-light: #dcc980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B349

secondary

#9BA4D2

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B349

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

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