#C8B950#C8B950

#C8B950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B950
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -7.59, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 54.46, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0246 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6179, 47.5582, 14.5226)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B950 #505FC8

analogous

#C87D50 #C8B950 #9BC850

triadic

#C8B950 #50C8B9 #B950C8

tetradic

#C8B950 #50C87D #505FC8 #C8509B

square

#C8B950 #50C87D #505FC8 #C8509B

split-complementary

#C8B950 #509BC8 #7D50C8

monochromatic

#786E26 #A69834 #C8B950 #D7CC7F #E5DEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C8B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B950

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B950	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd85',
    500: '#c8b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b950;
$custom-light: #dbcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B950

secondary

#A1A7D3

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B950

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

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