#C8B653#C8B653

#C8B653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B653
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -5.81, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 52.03, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0192 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1103, 46.3615, 14.9125)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B653 #5365C8

analogous

#C87B53 #C8B653 #A0C853

triadic

#C8B653 #53C8B6 #B653C8

tetradic

#C8B653 #53C87B #5365C8 #C853A0

square

#C8B653 #53C87B #5365C8 #C853A0

split-complementary

#C8B653 #53A0C8 #7B53C8

monochromatic

#7A6D27 #A89636 #C8B653 #D7CA81 #E6DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C8B653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B653

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B653	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C6B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb87',
    500: '#c8b653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b653;
$custom-light: #dbcb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77198,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B653

secondary

#A3ABD4

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B653

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

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