#C8B953#C8B953

#C8B953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B953
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -7.37, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 53.11, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0237 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(42.7313, 47.6035, 15.1195)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B953 #5362C8

analogous

#C87E53 #C8B953 #9CC853

triadic

#C8B953 #53C8B9 #B953C8

tetradic

#C8B953 #53C87E #5362C8 #C8539C

square

#C8B953 #53C87E #5362C8 #C8539C

split-complementary

#C8B953 #539CC8 #7E53C8

monochromatic

#7A6F27 #A89936 #C8B953 #D7CC81 #E6DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C8B953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B953

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B953	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)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd87',
    500: '#c8b953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b953;
$custom-light: #dbcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77829,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.47602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B953

secondary

#A3A9D4

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B953

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

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