#C8B548#C8B548

#C8B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B548
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -6.04, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 56.55, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0211 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5147, 45.7968, 12.7826)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B548 #485BC8

analogous

#C87548 #C8B548 #9BC848

triadic

#C8B548 #48C8B5 #B548C8

tetradic

#C8B548 #48C875 #485BC8 #C8489B

square

#C8B548 #48C875 #485BC8 #C8489B

split-complementary

#C8B548 #489BC8 #7548C8

monochromatic

#736723 #A29131 #C8B548 #D6C877 #E4DBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B548

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B548	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca80',
    500: '#c8b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b548;
$custom-light: #dcca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76876,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B548

secondary

#9AA3D1

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B548

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

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