#C8B648#C8B648

#C8B648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B648
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -6.56, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 56.89, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0226 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(41.7188, 46.2049, 12.8506)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B648 #485AC8

analogous

#C87648 #C8B648 #9AC848

triadic

#C8B648 #48C8B6 #B648C8

tetradic

#C8B648 #48C876 #485AC8 #C8489A

square

#C8B648 #48C876 #485AC8 #C8489A

split-complementary

#C8B648 #489AC8 #7648C8

monochromatic

#736823 #A29231 #C8B648 #D6C977 #E4DCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B648

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B648	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)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb80',
    500: '#c8b648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b648;
$custom-light: #dccb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77086,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B648

secondary

#9AA2D1

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B648

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

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