#C8B552#C8B552

#C8B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B552
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -5.36, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 52.13, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.018 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8679, 45.9381, 14.6426)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B552 #5265C8

analogous

#C87A52 #C8B552 #A0C852

triadic

#C8B552 #52C8B5 #B552C8

tetradic

#C8B552 #52C87A #5265C8 #C852A0

square

#C8B552 #52C87A #5265C8 #C852A0

split-complementary

#C8B552 #52A0C8 #7A52C8

monochromatic

#796C27 #A89535 #C8B552 #D7C980 #E6DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C8B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B552

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B552	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca86',
    500: '#c8b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b552;
$custom-light: #dbca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76978,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B552

secondary

#A2AAD4

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B552

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

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