#C8B645#C8B645

#C8B645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B645
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -6.74, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 58.16, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0235 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6233, 46.1668, 12.3477)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B645 #4557C8

analogous

#C87545 #C8B645 #98C845

triadic

#C8B645 #45C8B6 #B645C8

tetradic

#C8B645 #45C875 #4557C8 #C84598

square

#C8B645 #45C875 #4557C8 #C84598

split-complementary

#C8B645 #4598C8 #7545C8

monochromatic

#716621 #A0912F #C8B645 #D6C974 #E4DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C8B645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B645

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B645	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7e',
    500: '#c8b645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b645;
$custom-light: #dccb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77058,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B645

secondary

#98A0D1

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B645

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

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