#C8B855#C8B855

#C8B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B855
RGB	rgb(200, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -6.70, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 51.83, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0215 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6011, 47.2179, 15.4625)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B855 #5565C8

analogous

#C87E55 #C8B855 #9EC855

triadic

#C8B855 #55C8B8 #B855C8

tetradic

#C8B855 #55C87E #5565C8 #C8559E

square

#C8B855 #55C87E #5565C8 #C8559E

split-complementary

#C8B855 #559EC8 #7E55C8

monochromatic

#7B6F28 #A99937 #C8B855 #D7CB83 #E6DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C8B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C8B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B855

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B855	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd88',
    500: '#c8b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b855;
$custom-light: #dbcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7764,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B855

secondary

#A5ABD4

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B855

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

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