#C8B451#C8B451

#C8B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B451
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -4.91, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 52.24, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0169 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(41.6275, 45.5178, 14.3761)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B451 #5165C8

analogous

#C87851 #C8B451 #A0C851

triadic

#C8B451 #51C8B4 #B451C8

tetradic

#C8B451 #51C878 #5165C8 #C851A0

square

#C8B451 #51C878 #5165C8 #C851A0

split-complementary

#C8B451 #51A0C8 #7851C8

monochromatic

#796B26 #A79435 #C8B451 #D7C880 #E5DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C8B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B451

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B451	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)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca85',
    500: '#c8b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b451;
$custom-light: #dbca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.45516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B451

secondary

#A1AAD3

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B451

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

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