#c8b451

Color #c8b451

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b451

RGB

rgb(200, 180, 81)

HSL

hsl(49.9, 52%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.9, 59.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(73.23, -4.91, 52.01)

LCH

lch(73.23, 52.24, 95.39)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1213, 98.01)

HWB

hwb(49.9, 31.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5165c8

Analogous

#c87851

#c8b451

#a1c851

Triadic

#c8b451

#51c8b4

#b451c8

Split-complementary

#c8b451

#51a1c8

#7851c8

Tetradic

#c8b451

#65c851

#5165c8

#b451c8

Square

#c8b451

#51c878

#5165c8

#c851a1

Shades

Color #c8b451 mixed toward black.

#b29d38

#8e7e2d

#6b5e22

#473f16

#241f0b

Tints

Color #c8b451 mixed toward white.

#d1c06e

#dacd8b

#e4d9a8

#ede6c5

#f6f2e2

Tones

Color #c8b451 mixed toward gray.

#bead5b

#b4a765

#aaa06f

#a09a79

#969383

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0bf73 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#c1c27a · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#c7888b · ΔE 35.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b451;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b451]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#c8b451 (#c8b451) is rgb(200, 180, 81) in RGB.

No, #c8b451 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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