#C8B156#C8B156

#C8B156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B156
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -2.96, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 48.91, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0106 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.114 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2229, 44.3974, 15.2005)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B156 #566DC8

analogous

#C87856 #C8B156 #A6C856

triadic

#C8B156 #56C8B1 #B156C8

tetradic

#C8B156 #56C878 #566DC8 #C856A6

square

#C8B156 #56C878 #566DC8 #C856A6

split-complementary

#C8B156 #56A6C8 #7856C8

monochromatic

#7B6B28 #AA9337 #C8B156 #D7C684 #E6DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B156

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B156	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)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc888',
    500: '#c8b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b156;
$custom-light: #dbc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7619,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B156

secondary

#A5AFD4

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B156

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

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