#C8B749#C8B749

#C8B749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B749
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -7.02, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 56.81, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0238 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9572, 46.6292, 13.0923)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B749 #495AC8

analogous

#C87849 #C8B749 #99C849

triadic

#C8B749 #49C8B7 #B749C8

tetradic

#C8B749 #49C878 #495AC8 #C84999

square

#C8B749 #49C878 #495AC8 #C84999

split-complementary

#C8B749 #4999C8 #7849C8

monochromatic

#746923 #A39331 #C8B749 #D6CA78 #E4DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C8B749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B749

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B749	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc81',
    500: '#c8b749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b749;
$custom-light: #dccc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77305,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B749

secondary

#9BA2D2

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B749

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

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