#C8B059#C8B059

#C8B059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B059
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -2.20, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 47.17, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0081 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.111 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1495, 44.0532, 15.7849)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B059 #5971C8

analogous

#C87959 #C8B059 #A9C859

triadic

#C8B059 #59C8B0 #B059C8

tetradic

#C8B059 #59C879 #5971C8 #C859A9

square

#C8B059 #59C879 #5971C8 #C859A9

split-complementary

#C8B059 #59A9C8 #7959C8

monochromatic

#7D6B29 #AB9239 #C8B059 #D7C687 #E6DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C8B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C8B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B059

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B059	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc78a',
    500: '#c8b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b059;
$custom-light: #dbc78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B059

secondary

#A8B2D5

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B059

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →