#C8B954#C8B954

#C8B954 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B954
RGB	rgb(200, 185, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -7.30, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 52.65, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0233 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7702, 47.6190, 15.3243)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B954 #5463C8

analogous

#C87F54 #C8B954 #9DC854

triadic

#C8B954 #54C8B9 #B954C8

tetradic

#C8B954 #54C87F #5463C8 #C8549D

square

#C8B954 #54C87F #5463C8 #C8549D

split-complementary

#C8B954 #549DC8 #7F54C8

monochromatic

#7A7027 #A99A36 #C8B954 #D7CC82 #E6DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C8B954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C8B954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B954

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B954	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)

#C8B44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 185, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcd88',
    500: '#c8b954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b954;
$custom-light: #dbcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7784,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B954

secondary

#A4AAD4

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B954

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

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