#C8B15D#C8B15D

#C8B15D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.108 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B15D
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -2.40, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 45.59, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0082 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.108 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5189, 44.5158, 16.7592)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B15D #5D74C8

analogous

#C87C5D #C8B15D #A9C85D

triadic

#C8B15D #5DC8B1 #B15DC8

tetradic

#C8B15D #5DC87C #5D74C8 #C85DA9

square

#C8B15D #5DC87C #5D74C8 #C85DA9

split-complementary

#C8B15D #5DA9C8 #7C5DC8

monochromatic

#7F6D2B #AD943B #C8B15D #D8C78B #E7DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C8B15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B15D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B15D	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.108 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88d',
    500: '#c8b15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b15d;
$custom-light: #dbc88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B15D

secondary

#ABB4D6

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B15D

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

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