#C8B350#C8B350

#C8B350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B350
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -4.46, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 52.35, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0157 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3892, 45.1006, 14.1130)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B350 #5065C8

analogous

#C87750 #C8B350 #A1C850

triadic

#C8B350 #50C8B3 #B350C8

tetradic

#C8B350 #50C877 #5065C8 #C850A1

square

#C8B350 #50C877 #5065C8 #C850A1

split-complementary

#C8B350 #50A1C8 #7750C8

monochromatic

#786A26 #A69334 #C8B350 #D7C77F #E5DBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C8B350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C8B350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B350

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B350	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc985',
    500: '#c8b350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b350;
$custom-light: #dbc985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B350

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B350

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

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