#C8B452#C8B452

#C8B452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B452
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -4.84, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 51.78, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0165 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.12 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6653, 45.5329, 14.5750)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B452 #5266C8

analogous

#C87952 #C8B452 #A1C852

triadic

#C8B452 #52C8B4 #B452C8

tetradic

#C8B452 #52C879 #5266C8 #C852A1

square

#C8B452 #52C879 #5266C8 #C852A1

split-complementary

#C8B452 #52A1C8 #7952C8

monochromatic

#796B27 #A89435 #C8B452 #D7C880 #E6DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C8B452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B452

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B452	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca86',
    500: '#c8b452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b452;
$custom-light: #dbca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76769,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B452

secondary

#A2ABD4

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B452

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

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