#C8B15A#C8B15A

#C8B15A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B15A
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -2.65, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 47.02, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0093 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.111 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3886, 44.4637, 16.0731)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B15A #5A71C8

analogous

#C87A5A #C8B15A #A8C85A

triadic

#C8B15A #5AC8B1 #B15AC8

tetradic

#C8B15A #5AC87A #5A71C8 #C85AA8

square

#C8B15A #5AC87A #5A71C8 #C85AA8

split-complementary

#C8B15A #5AA8C8 #7A5AC8

monochromatic

#7E6C2A #AC9439 #C8B15A #D7C788 #E7DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C8B15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B15A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B15A	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)

#C0AE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88b',
    500: '#c8b15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b15a;
$custom-light: #dbc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B15A

secondary

#A8B2D5

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B15A

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

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