#C8B949#C8B949

#C8B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B949
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -8.05, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 57.51, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0268 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3727, 47.4600, 13.2308)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B949 #4958C8

analogous

#C87949 #C8B949 #97C849

triadic

#C8B949 #49C8B9 #B949C8

tetradic

#C8B949 #49C879 #4958C8 #C84997

square

#C8B949 #49C879 #4958C8 #C84997

split-complementary

#C8B949 #4997C8 #7949C8

monochromatic

#746A23 #A39531 #C8B949 #D6CB78 #E4DDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C8B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B949

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B949	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd81',
    500: '#c8b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b949;
$custom-light: #dccd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77727,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B949

secondary

#9BA2D2

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B949

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

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