#C8B848#C8B848

#C8B848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B848
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -7.60, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 57.58, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0256 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1313, 47.0300, 12.9881)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B848 #4858C8

analogous

#C87848 #C8B848 #98C848

triadic

#C8B848 #48C8B8 #B848C8

tetradic

#C8B848 #48C878 #4858C8 #C84898

square

#C8B848 #48C878 #4858C8 #C84898

split-complementary

#C8B848 #4898C8 #7848C8

monochromatic

#736923 #A29431 #C8B848 #D6CA77 #E4DDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C8B848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B848

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B848	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd80',
    500: '#c8b848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b848;
$custom-light: #dccd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77507,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B848

secondary

#9AA1D1

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B848

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

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