#C8B16C#C8B16C

#C8B16C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.092 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B16C
RGB	rgb(200, 177, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -1.02, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 38.23, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0026 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.092 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2496, 44.8081, 20.6078)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B16C #6C83C8

analogous

#C8836C #C8B16C #B1C86C

triadic

#C8B16C #6CC8B1 #B16CC8

tetradic

#C8B16C #6CC883 #6C83C8 #C86CB1

square

#C8B16C #6CC883 #6C83C8 #C86CB1

split-complementary

#C8B16C #6CB1C8 #836CC8

monochromatic

#877233 #B49843 #C8B16C #D9C999 #E9E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C8B16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B16C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B16C	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 177, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.092 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac897',
    500: '#c8b16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b16c;
$custom-light: #dac897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B16C

secondary

#B6BFD9

accent

#50B92D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B16C

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

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