#C8B057#C8B057

#C8B057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B057
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -2.36, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 48.11, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0088 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.113 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0667, 44.0200, 15.3486)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B057 #576FC8

analogous

#C87857 #C8B057 #A8C857

triadic

#C8B057 #57C8B0 #B057C8

tetradic

#C8B057 #57C878 #576FC8 #C857A8

square

#C8B057 #57C878 #576FC8 #C857A8

split-complementary

#C8B057 #57A8C8 #7857C8

monochromatic

#7C6A29 #AA9238 #C8B057 #D7C685 #E6DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C8B057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B057

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B057	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)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc789',
    500: '#c8b057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b057;
$custom-light: #dbc789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B057

secondary

#A6B0D5

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B057

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

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