#C8B651#C8B651

#C8B651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B651
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -5.95, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 52.93, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0198 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0342, 46.3311, 14.5117)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B651 #5163C8

analogous

#C87A51 #C8B651 #9FC851

triadic

#C8B651 #51C8B6 #B651C8

tetradic

#C8B651 #51C87A #5163C8 #C8519F

square

#C8B651 #51C87A #5163C8 #C8519F

split-complementary

#C8B651 #519FC8 #7A51C8

monochromatic

#796C26 #A79635 #C8B651 #D7CA80 #E5DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C8B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B651

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B651	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb85',
    500: '#c8b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b651;
$custom-light: #dbcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77177,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B651

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B651

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

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