#C8B166#C8B166

#C8B166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B166
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 49%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -1.60, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 41.20, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0049 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.099 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9412, 44.6847, 18.9836)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B166 #667DC8

analogous

#C88066 #C8B166 #AEC866

triadic

#C8B166 #66C8B1 #B166C8

tetradic

#C8B166 #66C880 #667DC8 #C866AE

square

#C8B166 #66C880 #667DC8 #C866AE

split-complementary

#C8B166 #66AEC8 #8066C8

monochromatic

#84702F #B19740 #C8B166 #D8C893 #E8DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C8B166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B166

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B166	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc893',
    500: '#c8b166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b166;
$custom-light: #dbc893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B166

secondary

#B2BBD8

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B166

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

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