#C8B055#C8B055

#C8B055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B055
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -2.51, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 49.05, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0095 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9861, 43.9878, 14.9242)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B055 #556DC8

analogous

#C87655 #C8B055 #A6C855

triadic

#C8B055 #55C8B0 #B055C8

tetradic

#C8B055 #55C876 #556DC8 #C855A6

square

#C8B055 #55C876 #556DC8 #C855A6

split-complementary

#C8B055 #55A6C8 #7655C8

monochromatic

#7B6A28 #A99137 #C8B055 #D7C583 #E6DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8B055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B055

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B055	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc788',
    500: '#c8b055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b055;
$custom-light: #dbc788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75971,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B055

secondary

#A5AFD4

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B055

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

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