#C8B649#C8B649

#C8B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B649
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -6.50, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 56.47, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0223 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7517, 46.2181, 13.0238)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B649 #495BC8

analogous

#C87649 #C8B649 #9AC849

triadic

#C8B649 #49C8B6 #B649C8

tetradic

#C8B649 #49C876 #495BC8 #C8499A

square

#C8B649 #49C876 #495BC8 #C8499A

split-complementary

#C8B649 #499AC8 #7649C8

monochromatic

#746823 #A39331 #C8B649 #D6C978 #E4DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B649

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B649	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)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb81',
    500: '#c8b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b649;
$custom-light: #dccb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77095,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B649

secondary

#9BA3D2

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B649

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

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