#C8B448#C8B448

#C8B448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B448
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -5.52, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 56.22, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0196 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3121, 45.3916, 12.7150)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B448 #485CC8

analogous

#C87448 #C8B448 #9CC848

triadic

#C8B448 #48C8B4 #B448C8

tetradic

#C8B448 #48C874 #485CC8 #C8489C

square

#C8B448 #48C874 #485CC8 #C8489C

split-complementary

#C8B448 #489CC8 #7448C8

monochromatic

#736623 #A29031 #C8B448 #D6C777 #E4DBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C8B448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B448

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B448	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)

#C4B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca80',
    500: '#c8b448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b448;
$custom-light: #dcca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B448

secondary

#9AA3D1

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B448

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

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