#C8B951#C8B951

#C8B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B951
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -7.51, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 54.01, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0243 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6552, 47.5731, 14.7186)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B951 #5160C8

analogous

#C87D51 #C8B951 #9BC851

triadic

#C8B951 #51C8B9 #B951C8

tetradic

#C8B951 #51C87D #5160C8 #C8519B

square

#C8B951 #51C87D #5160C8 #C8519B

split-complementary

#C8B951 #519BC8 #7D51C8

monochromatic

#796E26 #A79935 #C8B951 #D7CC80 #E5DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C8B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B951

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B951	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)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd86',
    500: '#c8b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b951;
$custom-light: #dbcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B951

secondary

#A1A8D3

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B951

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

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