#C8B550#C8B550

#C8B550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B550
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -5.50, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 53.04, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0187 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7929, 45.9081, 14.2476)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B550 #5063C8

analogous

#C87950 #C8B550 #9FC850

triadic

#C8B550 #50C8B5 #B550C8

tetradic

#C8B550 #50C879 #5063C8 #C8509F

square

#C8B550 #50C879 #5063C8 #C8509F

split-complementary

#C8B550 #509FC8 #7950C8

monochromatic

#786B26 #A69434 #C8B550 #D7C97F #E5DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C8B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B550

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B550	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca85',
    500: '#c8b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b550;
$custom-light: #dbca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76956,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B550

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B550

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

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