#C8B952#C8B952

#C8B952 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B952
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -7.44, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 53.56, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.024 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6929, 47.5882, 14.9176)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B952 #5261C8

analogous

#C87E52 #C8B952 #9CC852

triadic

#C8B952 #52C8B9 #B952C8

tetradic

#C8B952 #52C87E #5261C8 #C8529C

square

#C8B952 #52C87E #5261C8 #C8529C

split-complementary

#C8B952 #529CC8 #7E52C8

monochromatic

#796F27 #A89935 #C8B952 #D7CC80 #E6DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C8B952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B952

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B952	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd86',
    500: '#c8b952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b952;
$custom-light: #dbcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77818,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B952

secondary

#A2A9D4

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B952

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

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