#C8B853#C8B853

#C8B853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B853
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -6.85, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 52.74, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0222 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5228, 47.1866, 15.0500)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B853 #5363C8

analogous

#C87D53 #C8B853 #9DC853

triadic

#C8B853 #53C8B8 #B853C8

tetradic

#C8B853 #53C87D #5363C8 #C8539D

square

#C8B853 #53C87D #5363C8 #C8539D

split-complementary

#C8B853 #539DC8 #7D53C8

monochromatic

#7A6E27 #A89836 #C8B853 #D7CB81 #E6DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C8B853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B853

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B853	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd87',
    500: '#c8b853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b853;
$custom-light: #dbcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77618,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B853

secondary

#A3AAD4

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B853

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

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