#C8B160#C8B160

#C8B160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B160
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -2.14, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 44.14, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0071 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.105 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6544, 44.5700, 17.4728)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B160 #6077C8

analogous

#C87D60 #C8B160 #ABC860

triadic

#C8B160 #60C8B1 #B160C8

tetradic

#C8B160 #60C87D #6077C8 #C860AB

square

#C8B160 #60C87D #6077C8 #C860AB

split-complementary

#C8B160 #60ABC8 #7D60C8

monochromatic

#816E2D #AE953C #C8B160 #D8C78D #E7DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C8B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B160

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B160	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc88f',
    500: '#c8b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b160;
$custom-light: #dbc88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B160

secondary

#ADB6D7

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B160

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

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