#C8B546#C8B546

#C8B546 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B546
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -6.16, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 57.41, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0217 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4506, 45.7712, 12.4445)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B546 #4659C8

analogous

#C87446 #C8B546 #9AC846

triadic

#C8B546 #46C8B5 #B546C8

tetradic

#C8B546 #46C874 #4659C8 #C8469A

square

#C8B546 #46C874 #4659C8 #C8469A

split-complementary

#C8B546 #469AC8 #7446C8

monochromatic

#726622 #A19030 #C8B546 #D6C875 #E4DBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C8B546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B546

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B546	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)

#C6B038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca7f',
    500: '#c8b546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b546;
$custom-light: #dcca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B546

secondary

#99A1D1

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B546

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

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