#C8B447#C8B447

#C8B447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B447
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -5.58, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 56.65, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0199 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2798, 45.3787, 12.5446)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B447 #475BC8

analogous

#C87347 #C8B447 #9BC847

triadic

#C8B447 #47C8B4 #B447C8

tetradic

#C8B447 #47C873 #475BC8 #C8479B

square

#C8B447 #47C873 #475BC8 #C8479B

split-complementary

#C8B447 #479BC8 #7347C8

monochromatic

#726622 #A29030 #C8B447 #D6C776 #E4DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8B447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B447

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B447	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7f',
    500: '#c8b447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b447;
$custom-light: #dcca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B447

secondary

#9AA2D1

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B447

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

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