#C8B847#C8B847

#C8B847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B847
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -7.66, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 58.01, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0259 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0990, 47.0170, 12.8177)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B847 #4757C8

analogous

#C87747 #C8B847 #97C847

triadic

#C8B847 #47C8B8 #B847C8

tetradic

#C8B847 #47C877 #4757C8 #C84797

square

#C8B847 #47C877 #4757C8 #C84797

split-complementary

#C8B847 #4797C8 #7747C8

monochromatic

#726822 #A29330 #C8B847 #D6CA76 #E4DCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C8B847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B847

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B847	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)

#C8B339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7f',
    500: '#c8b847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b847;
$custom-light: #dccd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B847

secondary

#9AA0D1

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B847

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

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