#C8B849#C8B849

#C8B849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B849
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -7.53, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 57.16, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0253 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1642, 47.0431, 13.1613)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B849 #4959C8

analogous

#C87849 #C8B849 #98C849

triadic

#C8B849 #49C8B8 #B849C8

tetradic

#C8B849 #49C878 #4959C8 #C84998

square

#C8B849 #49C878 #4959C8 #C84998

split-complementary

#C8B849 #4998C8 #7849C8

monochromatic

#746923 #A39431 #C8B849 #D6CA78 #E4DDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C8B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C8B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B849

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B849	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)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd81',
    500: '#c8b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b849;
$custom-light: #dccd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77516,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B849

secondary

#9BA2D2

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B849

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

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