#C8B545#C8B545

#C8B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B545
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -6.22, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 57.83, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.022 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4192, 45.7586, 12.2797)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B545 #4558C8

analogous

#C87445 #C8B545 #99C845

triadic

#C8B545 #45C8B5 #B545C8

tetradic

#C8B545 #45C874 #4558C8 #C84599

square

#C8B545 #45C874 #4558C8 #C84599

split-complementary

#C8B545 #4599C8 #7445C8

monochromatic

#716621 #A0902F #C8B545 #D6C874 #E4DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B545

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B545	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7e',
    500: '#c8b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b545;
$custom-light: #dcca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B545

secondary

#98A0D1

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B545

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

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