#C8B549#C8B549

#C8B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B549
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -5.97, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 56.12, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0208 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5476, 45.8100, 12.9558)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B549 #495CC8

analogous

#C87549 #C8B549 #9BC849

triadic

#C8B549 #49C8B5 #B549C8

tetradic

#C8B549 #49C875 #495CC8 #C8499B

square

#C8B549 #49C875 #495CC8 #C8499B

split-complementary

#C8B549 #499BC8 #7549C8

monochromatic

#746823 #A39231 #C8B549 #D6C878 #E4DBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C8B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C8B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B549

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B549	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)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca80',
    500: '#c8b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b549;
$custom-light: #dcca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B549

secondary

#9BA3D2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B549

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

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