#C8B445#C8B445

#C8B445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B445
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -5.70, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 57.49, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0205 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(41.2166, 45.3534, 12.2121)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B445 #4559C8

analogous

#C87345 #C8B445 #9AC845

triadic

#C8B445 #45C8B4 #B445C8

tetradic

#C8B445 #45C873 #4559C8 #C8459A

square

#C8B445 #45C873 #4559C8 #C8459A

split-complementary

#C8B445 #459AC8 #7345C8

monochromatic

#716521 #A08F2F #C8B445 #D6C774 #E4DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B445

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B445	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7e',
    500: '#c8b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b445;
$custom-light: #dcca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.45352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B445

secondary

#98A1D1

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B445

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

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