#C8B454#C8B454

#C8B454 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B454
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -4.69, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 50.86, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0159 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7425, 45.5638, 14.9817)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B454 #5468C8

analogous

#C87A54 #C8B454 #A2C854

triadic

#C8B454 #54C8B4 #B454C8

tetradic

#C8B454 #54C87A #5468C8 #C854A2

square

#C8B454 #54C87A #5468C8 #C854A2

split-complementary

#C8B454 #54A2C8 #7A54C8

monochromatic

#7A6C27 #A99536 #C8B454 #D7C882 #E6DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C8B454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C8B454 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B454

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B454	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)

#C4B04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca87',
    500: '#c8b454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b454;
$custom-light: #dbca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B454

secondary

#A4ACD4

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B454

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

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