#C8B352#C8B352

#C8B352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B352
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -4.31, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 51.44, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.015 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4642, 45.1306, 14.5080)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B352 #5267C8

analogous

#C87852 #C8B352 #A2C852

triadic

#C8B352 #52C8B3 #B352C8

tetradic

#C8B352 #52C878 #5267C8 #C852A2

square

#C8B352 #52C878 #5267C8 #C852A2

split-complementary

#C8B352 #52A2C8 #7852C8

monochromatic

#796A27 #A89335 #C8B352 #D7C780 #E6DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B352

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B352	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc986',
    500: '#c8b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b352;
$custom-light: #dbc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B352

secondary

#A2ABD4

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B352

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

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