#C8B155#C8B155

#C8B155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B155
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -3.04, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 49.38, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.011 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1829, 44.3814, 14.9898)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B155 #556CC8

analogous

#C87755 #C8B155 #A5C855

triadic

#C8B155 #55C8B1 #B155C8

tetradic

#C8B155 #55C877 #556CC8 #C855A5

square

#C8B155 #55C877 #556CC8 #C855A5

split-complementary

#C8B155 #55A5C8 #7755C8

monochromatic

#7B6A28 #A99237 #C8B155 #D7C683 #E6DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B155

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B155	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc888',
    500: '#c8b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b155;
$custom-light: #dbc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B155

secondary

#A5AED4

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B155

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

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