#C8B854#C8B854

#C8B854 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B854
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -6.78, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 52.29, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0219 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5617, 47.2021, 15.2548)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B854 #5464C8

analogous

#C87E54 #C8B854 #9EC854

triadic

#C8B854 #54C8B8 #B854C8

tetradic

#C8B854 #54C87E #5464C8 #C8549E

square

#C8B854 #54C87E #5464C8 #C8549E

split-complementary

#C8B854 #549EC8 #7E54C8

monochromatic

#7A6F27 #A99936 #C8B854 #D7CB82 #E6DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C8B854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B854

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B854	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)

#C7B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd87',
    500: '#c8b854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b854;
$custom-light: #dbcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B854

secondary

#A4AAD4

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B854

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

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