#C8B652#C8B652

#C8B652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B652
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -5.88, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 52.48, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0195 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0720, 46.3462, 14.7106)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B652 #5264C8

analogous

#C87B52 #C8B652 #9FC852

triadic

#C8B652 #52C8B6 #B652C8

tetradic

#C8B652 #52C87B #5264C8 #C8529F

square

#C8B652 #52C87B #5264C8 #C8529F

split-complementary

#C8B652 #529FC8 #7B52C8

monochromatic

#796C27 #A89635 #C8B652 #D7CA80 #E6DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C8B652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B652

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B652	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)

#C6B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb86',
    500: '#c8b652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b652;
$custom-light: #dbcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77187,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B652

secondary

#A2AAD4

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B652

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

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