#C8B153#C8B153

#C8B153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B153
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -3.19, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 50.31, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0117 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1046, 44.3501, 14.5772)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B153 #536AC8

analogous

#C87653 #C8B153 #A4C853

triadic

#C8B153 #53C8B1 #B153C8

tetradic

#C8B153 #53C876 #536AC8 #C853A4

square

#C8B153 #53C876 #536AC8 #C853A4

split-complementary

#C8B153 #53A4C8 #7653C8

monochromatic

#7A6927 #A89236 #C8B153 #D7C681 #E6DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C8B153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B153

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B153	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc886',
    500: '#c8b153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b153;
$custom-light: #dbc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76155,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B153

secondary

#A3ADD4

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B153

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

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