#C8B162#C8B162

#C8B162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B162
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -1.96, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 43.17, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0064 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.103 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7476, 44.6073, 17.9639)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B162 #6279C8

analogous

#C87E62 #C8B162 #ACC862

triadic

#C8B162 #62C8B1 #B162C8

tetradic

#C8B162 #62C87E #6279C8 #C862AC

square

#C8B162 #62C87E #6279C8 #C862AC

split-complementary

#C8B162 #62ACC8 #7E62C8

monochromatic

#826F2E #AF963D #C8B162 #D8C88F #E8DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C8B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C8B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B162

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B162	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc890',
    500: '#c8b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b162;
$custom-light: #dbc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B162

secondary

#AFB8D7

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B162

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

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