#C8B845#C8B845

#C8B845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B845
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -7.78, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 58.84, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0264 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0358, 46.9918, 12.4852)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B845 #4555C8

analogous

#C87745 #C8B845 #96C845

triadic

#C8B845 #45C8B8 #B845C8

tetradic

#C8B845 #45C877 #4555C8 #C84596

square

#C8B845 #45C877 #4555C8 #C84596

split-complementary

#C8B845 #4596C8 #7745C8

monochromatic

#716721 #A0932F #C8B845 #D6CA74 #E4DCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C8B845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B845

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B845	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7e',
    500: '#c8b845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b845;
$custom-light: #dccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B845

secondary

#989FD1

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B845

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

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