#C8B446#C8B446

#C8B446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B446
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -5.64, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 57.07, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0202 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2480, 45.3659, 12.3770)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B446 #465AC8

analogous

#C87346 #C8B446 #9BC846

triadic

#C8B446 #46C8B4 #B446C8

tetradic

#C8B446 #46C873 #465AC8 #C8469B

square

#C8B446 #46C873 #465AC8 #C8469B

split-complementary

#C8B446 #469BC8 #7346C8

monochromatic

#726522 #A19030 #C8B446 #D6C775 #E4DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C8B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B446

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B446	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C5AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7f',
    500: '#c8b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b446;
$custom-light: #dcca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76647,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B446

secondary

#99A1D1

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B446

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

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