#C8B646#C8B646

#C8B646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B646
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -6.68, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 57.74, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0232 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6546, 46.1793, 12.5125)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B646 #4658C8

analogous

#C87546 #C8B646 #99C846

triadic

#C8B646 #46C8B6 #B646C8

tetradic

#C8B646 #46C875 #4658C8 #C84699

square

#C8B646 #46C875 #4658C8 #C84699

split-complementary

#C8B646 #4699C8 #7546C8

monochromatic

#726722 #A19130 #C8B646 #D6C975 #E4DBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B646

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B646	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb7f',
    500: '#c8b646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b646;
$custom-light: #dccb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77067,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B646

secondary

#99A1D1

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B646

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

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