#C8B450#C8B450

#C8B450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B450
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -4.98, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 52.69, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0172 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.122 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5903, 45.5029, 14.1801)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B450 #5064C8

analogous

#C87850 #C8B450 #A0C850

triadic

#C8B450 #50C8B4 #B450C8

tetradic

#C8B450 #50C878 #5064C8 #C850A0

square

#C8B450 #50C878 #5064C8 #C850A0

split-complementary

#C8B450 #50A0C8 #7850C8

monochromatic

#786A26 #A69334 #C8B450 #D7C87F #E5DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8B450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B450

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B450	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca85',
    500: '#c8b450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b450;
$custom-light: #dbca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76747,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B450

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B450

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

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