#C8B852#C8B852

#C8B852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B852
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -6.92, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 53.20, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0225 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4845, 47.1712, 14.8481)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B852 #5262C8

analogous

#C87D52 #C8B852 #9DC852

triadic

#C8B852 #52C8B8 #B852C8

tetradic

#C8B852 #52C87D #5262C8 #C8529D

square

#C8B852 #52C87D #5262C8 #C8529D

split-complementary

#C8B852 #529DC8 #7D52C8

monochromatic

#796E27 #A89835 #C8B852 #D7CB80 #E6DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C8B852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B852

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B852	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)

#C8B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd86',
    500: '#c8b852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b852;
$custom-light: #dbcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77607,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B852

secondary

#A2A9D4

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B852

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

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