#C8B053#C8B053

#C8B053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B053
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -2.66, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 49.98, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0101 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.116 95)
XYZ	xyz(40.9078, 43.9565, 14.5116)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B053 #536BC8

analogous

#C87553 #C8B053 #A6C853

triadic

#C8B053 #53C8B0 #B053C8

tetradic

#C8B053 #53C875 #536BC8 #C853A6

square

#C8B053 #53C875 #536BC8 #C853A6

split-complementary

#C8B053 #53A6C8 #7553C8

monochromatic

#7A6927 #A89136 #C8B053 #D7C581 #E6DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C8B053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B053

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B053	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc786',
    500: '#c8b053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b053;
$custom-light: #dbc786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B053

secondary

#A3ADD4

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B053

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

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