#C8B751#C8B751

#C8B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B751
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -6.48, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 53.29, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0213 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2397, 46.7422, 14.5802)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B751 #5162C8

analogous

#C87C51 #C8B751 #9DC851

triadic

#C8B751 #51C8B7 #B751C8

tetradic

#C8B751 #51C87C #5162C8 #C8519D

square

#C8B751 #51C87C #5162C8 #C8519D

split-complementary

#C8B751 #519DC8 #7C51C8

monochromatic

#796D26 #A79735 #C8B751 #D7CA80 #E5DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C8B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C8B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B751

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B751	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcc86',
    500: '#c8b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b751;
$custom-light: #dbcc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B751

secondary

#A1A9D3

accent

#61DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B751

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

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