#C8B650#C8B650

#C8B650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B650
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -6.03, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 53.38, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0202 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9970, 46.3162, 14.3156)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B650 #5062C8

analogous

#C87A50 #C8B650 #9EC850

triadic

#C8B650 #50C8B6 #B650C8

tetradic

#C8B650 #50C87A #5062C8 #C8509E

square

#C8B650 #50C87A #5062C8 #C8509E

split-complementary

#C8B650 #509EC8 #7A50C8

monochromatic

#786C26 #A69534 #C8B650 #D7C97F #E5DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C8B650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B650

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B650	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb85',
    500: '#c8b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b650;
$custom-light: #dbcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77166,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B650

secondary

#A1A8D3

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B650

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

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