#C8B554#C8B554

#C8B554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B554
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -5.21, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 51.21, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0174 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9451, 45.9690, 15.0493)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B554 #5467C8

analogous

#C87B54 #C8B554 #A1C854

triadic

#C8B554 #54C8B5 #B554C8

tetradic

#C8B554 #54C87B #5467C8 #C854A1

square

#C8B554 #54C87B #5467C8 #C854A1

split-complementary

#C8B554 #54A1C8 #7B54C8

monochromatic

#7A6D27 #A99636 #C8B554 #D7C982 #E6DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C8B554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B554

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B554	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)

#C5B14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca87',
    500: '#c8b554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b554;
$custom-light: #dbca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B554

secondary

#A4ACD4

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B554

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

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