#C8B850#C8B850

#C8B850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B850
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -7.07, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 54.10, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0232 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4095, 47.1412, 14.4531)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B850 #5060C8

analogous

#C87C50 #C8B850 #9CC850

triadic

#C8B850 #50C8B8 #B850C8

tetradic

#C8B850 #50C87C #5060C8 #C8509C

square

#C8B850 #50C87C #5060C8 #C8509C

split-complementary

#C8B850 #509CC8 #7C50C8

monochromatic

#786D26 #A69734 #C8B850 #D7CB7F #E5DEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C8B850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B850

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B850	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd85',
    500: '#c8b850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b850;
$custom-light: #dbcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B850

secondary

#A1A7D3

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B850

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

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