#C8B945#C8B945

#C8B945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B945
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -8.30, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 59.19, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0279 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2443, 47.4087, 12.5547)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B945 #4554C8

analogous

#C87845 #C8B945 #95C845

triadic

#C8B945 #45C8B9 #B945C8

tetradic

#C8B945 #45C878 #4554C8 #C84595

square

#C8B945 #45C878 #4554C8 #C84595

split-complementary

#C8B945 #4595C8 #7845C8

monochromatic

#716821 #A0932F #C8B945 #D6CB74 #E4DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C8B945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B945

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B945	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd7e',
    500: '#c8b945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b945;
$custom-light: #dccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77691,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B945

secondary

#989FD1

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B945

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

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