#C8B157#C8B157

#C8B157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B157
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -2.88, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 48.44, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0103 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.113 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2635, 44.4136, 15.4142)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B157 #576EC8

analogous

#C87957 #C8B157 #A7C857

triadic

#C8B157 #57C8B1 #B157C8

tetradic

#C8B157 #57C879 #576EC8 #C857A7

square

#C8B157 #57C879 #576EC8 #C857A7

split-complementary

#C8B157 #57A7C8 #7957C8

monochromatic

#7C6B29 #AA9338 #C8B157 #D7C685 #E6DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C8B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B157

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B157	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc889',
    500: '#c8b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b157;
$custom-light: #dbc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B157

secondary

#A6B0D5

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B157

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

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