#C8B551#C8B551

#C8B551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B551
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -5.43, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 52.58, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0184 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8301, 45.9230, 14.4436)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B551 #5164C8

analogous

#C87951 #C8B551 #A0C851

triadic

#C8B551 #51C8B5 #B551C8

tetradic

#C8B551 #51C879 #5164C8 #C851A0

square

#C8B551 #51C879 #5164C8 #C851A0

split-complementary

#C8B551 #51A0C8 #7951C8

monochromatic

#796B26 #A79535 #C8B551 #D7C980 #E5DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C8B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B551

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B551	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)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca85',
    500: '#c8b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b551;
$custom-light: #dbca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76967,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B551

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B551

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

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