#C8B159#C8B159

#C8B159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B159
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -2.73, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 47.50, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0096 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3463, 44.4468, 15.8505)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B159 #5970C8

analogous

#C87A59 #C8B159 #A7C859

triadic

#C8B159 #59C8B1 #B159C8

tetradic

#C8B159 #59C87A #5970C8 #C859A7

square

#C8B159 #59C87A #5970C8 #C859A7

split-complementary

#C8B159 #59A7C8 #7A59C8

monochromatic

#7D6C29 #AB9339 #C8B159 #D7C787 #E6DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B159

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B159	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)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88a',
    500: '#c8b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b159;
$custom-light: #dbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B159

secondary

#A8B1D5

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B159

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

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