#C8B158#C8B158

#C8B158 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B158
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -2.81, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 47.97, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.01 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.113 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3046, 44.4301, 15.6308)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B158 #586FC8

analogous

#C87958 #C8B158 #A7C858

triadic

#C8B158 #58C8B1 #B158C8

tetradic

#C8B158 #58C879 #586FC8 #C858A7

square

#C8B158 #58C879 #586FC8 #C858A7

split-complementary

#C8B158 #58A7C8 #7958C8

monochromatic

#7D6B29 #AB9338 #C8B158 #D7C786 #E6DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8B158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B158

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B158	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88a',
    500: '#c8b158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b158;
$custom-light: #dbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76214,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B158

secondary

#A7B0D5

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B158

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

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